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Trends and change in recruitment difficulty
The Recruitment Experiences and Outlook Survey (REOS) spotlights the latest trends in recruitment difficulty and explores how difficulty has changed between current and previous recruitment rounds.
Key findings:
- Recruitment difficulty continues to ease with 51% of recruiting employers reporting difficulty in October 2024.
- Since the start of 2023, a larger proportion of recruiting employers who filled all their vacancies reported that recruiting for the same occupation as in their previous round had become ‘less difficult’ compared to those who reported ‘more difficult’.
- Employers who filled all their vacancies within a month were more likely to report recruitment being less difficult (33%) than more difficult (6%).
- While Lack of applicants is being mentioned less frequently as a reason for recruitment difficulties, Lack of suitable applicants remains the most cited reason over time.
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REOS Spotlight - Trends and Change in Recruitment Difficulty
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