Recruitment
at private sector firms is to rise significantly during the next six months,
after research from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) showed that
nearly a third are planning to launch recruitment drives during the
period.
The Director-General of the CBI, John Cridland, said that despite this upturn
in the recruitment process, however, wage growth for existing employees is
likely to remain flat.
We are seeing very little in the way of wage inflation in the economy.
Employers are having to take tough decisions on pay, he explained,
commenting on the results of the latest CBI/Harvey Nash Employment Trends
Survey published today.
He added that the pending employment drive comes as good news for many of the
public sector workers who have found themselves out of work due to the sweeping
government cutbacks.
The pay and recruitment freezes that were commonplace in the private
sector during the depths of the recession have now migrated to the public
sector, Cridland added. However, we remain confident that private
sector growth can more than compensate for job losses in the public
sector.
However
Geoff Newman from flat fee recruitment agency RecruitmentGenius.com has warned that some public sector
workers must be realistic and accommodating about salary expectations.
“Many
private sector companies have never entertained working practices such as
flexible hours, 30 days holiday and high employer contributory pensions. The
public sector is dropping many of these benefits because it is unaffordable, so
likewise public sector workers should not necessarily expect these perks
elsewhere.”
