Recruiter.com Group Inc, a sector leader in on-demand recruiting solutions, said after increasing in December, candidate sentiment remained steady in January 2022, while recruiter sentiment decreased by one point to 3.6/5 - matching the score of the same month a year earlier.
Announcing the latest results of its Recruiter Index, the company said the number of remote roles that recruiters have been filling continues to increase, reporting a 63% increase since September 2021. Remote roles again outpaced hybrid at 30% and in-person positions at 26%.
The company noted that candidates’ number one priority continues to be remote work, with 28% of employees deeming it the most critical factor. Following remote work was compensation, with 23% of employees considering it a priority, and work-life balance at 18%.
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Recruiter.com said backfill roles surpassed new roles for the second month in a row, with 51% to 49%, respectively, signaling the continuation of the ‘Great Resignation’.
As the velocity of churn remains heightened, it said US employers will likely have to increase investment in talent acquisition.
"We are hiring 7.3% more than the average in 2019, but we're quitting 23% higher, so just on December alone, 30% more people quit this December than last December," explained the company’s CEO Evan Sohn.
The Department of Labor reported an increase of 467,000 jobs in January, despite the surge in Omicron cases.
Recruiters and talent acquisition professionals continue to be some of the most in-demand roles as the volume of employees seeking new opportunities rises, Recruiter.com noted.
When recruiters were asked what roles they see the most demand for, their top ten picks included:
- Architecture/engineering: 23% (+10 percentage points from December)
- Accounting/auditing: 20% (+10 percentage points from December)
- Medical/healthcare: 16% (+4 percentage points from December)
- IT/software engineering: 15% (-2 percentage points from December)
- Automotive: 12% (+9 percentage points from December)
- Recruiting/staffing: 11% (-3 percentage points from December)
- Business Services: 5% (-4 percentage points from December)
- Sales: 3% (+1 percentage points from December)
- Hospitality: 1% (steady from December)
- Retail: 1% (-2 percentage points from December)
Recruiter.com is an on-demand recruiting platform providing flexible talent acquisition solutions that scale from startups to the Fortune 100. With an on-tap network of thousands of recruiting professionals, advanced artificial intelligence sourcing software, and recruitment marketing automation,Recruiter.com helps businesses solve today's complex hiring challenges.
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