No surprises here from the ManageSmarter.com article – Roundin’ Up Reps. Our clients often ask us what the employment market is like right now. For most of this year we have been telling them it is a candidate’s market right now. Some seem surprised while others seem to be familiar with this fact.
In case there were any doubts, this short article lays out the findings from a CareerBuilder.com survey (my emphasis):
The 2007 CareerBuilder.com Midyear Employment Forecast indicates that “46 percent of sales employers currently have open positions for which they cannot find qualified candidates, an increase from 39 percent heading into the first half,” reads a release on the findings. Employers are also more likely to give raises and raise base salaries for recruitment reasons.
Job opportunities opening up in the third quarter is “typical pretty much across the board for most employers,” says Tanya Flynn, corporate communications manager and career adviser for CareerBuilder. Flynn adds that particularly in the sales industry there will always be a demand for top sales recruits.
Also polled in the study were 389 sales employees. While 16 percent say are engaged in a job hunt, 50 percent admit that they passively consider a career shift but are not actively pursuing one, the results say.