The markets’ volatility has not yet influenced recruitment activity in Russia, with 66% of the respondents claiming that their companies continue to hire middle and senior-level managers. Such results were obtained during the survey of Global Hiring and Firing Trends held by Antal Russia and Antal International across 52 countries.
In comparison with the results of the previous survey, published in July, the number of the companies hiring staff in Russia remains stable. Simultaneously the percentage of the companies reducing or planning to reduce staff has gone decreased slightly.
The most in-demand specialists are sales and marketing professionals (51% of the companies are going to hire them next quarter). Next are supply chain specialists (23%), accountants (20%), production (19%), administrative and IT-staff (17%).
The leaders in terms of hiring rates are pharmaceutical, production, FMCG-companies and the banking sector.
On average the number of the companies opening new managerial positions around the world has increased by 4% during the past 4 months and now makes up 56%.
«With regards to the market it is worth noting that while the stock markets are struggling, Russian investment and hiring activity still seems to be holding up well and we have not seen any drop in the number of available vacancies as yet. As usually happens during difficult times, we expect a shift to strong sales professionals combined with people who know how to optimize a cost base. Regional recruitment will continue to increase as well», says Michael Germershausen, Managing Director with Antal Russia.
The methodology of the survey:
Position:
Director – 56%
Manager – 40%
Specialist – 4%
The company’s size:
500+ employees – 36%
100-500 employees – 30%
10-100 employees – 34%
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December 14, 2011 at 8:46 am
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