The people fueling this growth often go unnoticedA new study has revealed that despite a growing job market, 67.5% of recruitment professionals are still struggling to find the right candidates.
CV-Library polled over 700 of the UK’s leading recruiters (including agency and in-house professionals) to uncover which job roles pose the biggest challenge for today’s recruitment professionals:
Agency Recruiters:
- Almost half (49.9%) of agency recruiters admit that Engineering is the toughest sector to recruit for
- Oil & Gas /Energy roles come in second place as the most difficult sector to fill with 27.2% of recruitment professionals admitting difficulty
- Recruiters reveal that Tourism & Leisure jobs are the easiest to recruit for – only 1.5% reveal concerns around finding candidates for these roles
In-house recruiters:
- Operations tops the list as the most challenging department when recruiting with almost half (49.1%) admit concerns
- Management roles are second on the list, with 48.2% of in-house recruiters revealing challenges
- Retail (5.5%), PR and Catering (7.3% each) jobs are revealed as the easiest to fill
Industry |
% of recruiters who say it’s the most challenging |
Engineering |
49.90% |
Oil & Gas / Energy |
27.20% |
IT |
24.90% |
Aerospace |
21.90% |
Medical |
20.10% |
Construction |
18.70% |
Scientific |
18.70% |
Recruitment |
17.60% |
Financial |
15.50% |
Manufacturing |
15.40% |
Electronics |
15.00% |
Sales |
13.50% |
Legal |
12.60% |
Accounting |
12.40% |
Educational |
12.40% |
Automotive |
11.70% |
Surveying |
11.50% |
Management |
10.80% |
Social |
10.20% |
Graduate |
10.10% |
Banking |
8.80% |
Government |
8.40% |
Property |
7.50% |
Transport |
6.80% |
Marketing/PR |
6.60% |
Agriculture |
6.40% |
Public Services |
6.40% |
Consulting |
6.00% |
Emergency |
5.30% |
Charity |
5.10% |
Telecoms |
4.80% |
Hospitality |
4.40% |
Military |
4.40% |
Arts |
4.20% |
Administration |
3.80% |
Purchasing |
3.80% |
Catering |
3.70% |
Distribution |
3.50% |
Personnel |
3.50% |
Entertainment |
3.30% |
Media |
3.30% |
Insurance |
2.70% |
Customer Services |
2.40% |
Retail |
1.80% |
Leisure & Tourism |
1.50% |
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