Good news on the job front!

The demand for new workers in the private sector is increasing (hopefully this will accommodate those in the public sector who will shortly be looking for a job as was stated when the cuts were first announced) and this increase has spread across a wide range of sectors including banking and financial services. The number of job openings in the UK rose by four points in November... This, together with the fact that the Salaries Index rose by two points this month, is really good news!

The job demand has reached its highest level this year in a number of sectors including technology which is so encouraging and London, which of course is the area that all of us are concerned with, reported a nine point increase to a high of 110 - again, good news!

And the meaning of all this is - that employers are building for the future and this will affect all of us! Sustained economic growth is what this country needs and things are looking up. This is a great way to draw this year to a close... not that it's over quite yet!

With best wishes
The YouYou Team

The need for flexible Jobseekers

A recent survey by a top job search site has revealed that job seekers in the public sector are much more willing to take a pay cut, travel further to work and even take a lower position than their pay grade.


A survey of over 1600 job seekers has shown that more than two thirds are willing to take a pay cut in comparison to less than a third a few years ago. This coupled with a 14% decrease in public sector jobs openings over the second quarter of 2010. Conversely there has been a 7% increase in private sector jobs in the same period.


John Salt, director of Totaljobs.com, said: "Public sector jobseekers have a high level of transferable skills. However in today's market, this isn't enough. Jobseekers need to be flexible to secure that next position and it seems that they finally understand this. Those willing to move with the times will find they will reap the benefits in the long term."

This means that jobseekers need to be more dynamic with what they are looking for and perhaps willing to accept a little less.So perhaps now might be the perfect time to change your profile around and diversify your skill set.

Best Wishes
YouYou

Secretarial Recruitment Today!

Competition for jobs here in London is the highest in the country because the job market is tougher here than in any other region in the UK with 30 or more people per vacancy applying for PA and administrative roles.

This means that to get noticed you have to do all that you can to maximise your exposure and signing up to our website - http://www.youyou.co.uk/ - is one of them. Others include; resending your CV to recruiters - it might just pop into view at just the right moment, re-write your CV making sure that you follow the tips on our site or consulting a CV writing website - there are many very helpful ones as well as making regular calls to agencies that you have registered with...

Reports reveal that there are positive prospects for the second half of this year when the number of people for each vacancy should reduce to only ten. This is because the number of vacancies is rising continually. It has risen by more than 6% over the past few months bringing renewed confidence among employers as the UK economy recovers from the recession.

Good news all round then!

Two-thirds of companies are finding it harder to recruit

A new survey completed by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) have found that two- thirds of UK companies are experiencing recruitment difficulties.

Half of the organisations (53%) taking part in this survey say the recession has hit their resourcing budget for 2010. The survey also shows attracting and recruiting key staff is the top resourcing objective for eight in 10 (79%) of nearly 500 organisations surveyed, while the proportion of firms planning to implement a recruitment freeze in 2010 has almost halved since last year (22% compared to 42% in 2009).

What does this really mean? Companies will be recruiting new staff during 2010 however they are not able to spend as much as they used to. This is fantastic news for jobseekers as it means that there will be jobs available. However for companies it will become much more challenging to find a new member of staff as their recruitment budgets will be significantly reduced and they will have to spend additional time trying to find alternative ways to recruit.

This is why using YouYou to recruit can help in so many ways. It reduces the amount of time spent finding suitable people for the job and we only charge a fraction of the cost of an agency. This means that companies can still have support finding new staff without having to try and justify large recruitment costs.

To see how YouYou can help you whether you are a jobseeker or a recruiting company click here.