Hays Human Resources - January 2010
Hotspots
Despite economic conditions, there are companies that are expanding and creating new HR roles. This is most obvious at the senior level for Managers and above as well as for Generalists. For these roles, employers prefer candidates with regional experience since more and more organisations are relocating their regional functions to Singapore or setting them up from scratch. However they will consider overseas candidates from Malaysia, Hong Kong and China.
The coming quarter
As employers assess their 2010 requirements they are acknowledging improving economic conditions and increased confidence by creating more permanent roles than in 2009 (as opposed to replacements).
Executive recruitment
Executive vacancy activity is also increasing for skills across the board.
Employer trends
Employers are increasingly selective in the candidates they will consider. They believe that increased candidate levels equates to increased candidate quality. However this is not the case and they are finding it harder to locate the ideal quality candidate.
Salaries are remaining steady.
Candidate trends
There has been a substantial increase in candidate availability.
