Global Recruiting

ManpowerGroup has released the results of its newest quarterly hiring outlook. For the upcoming quarter, some 59,000 employers located throughout the Americas, AsiaPac, and EMEA were surveyed about their hiring plans. In 42 of 43 countries, employers are planning to add to their payrolls in the next quarter. Twenty-one countries indicate an improved hiring outlook compared to a year ago. Globally, the most robust hiring outlooks are in India, Japan, Taiwan, and the United States. A few highlights from the survey are included in this post:

The Americas

• The quarterly hiring outlook is strongest in the US, thanks to the continued confidence in the leisure & hospitality sectors. Other opportunities are expected to be strong in both wholesale and retail trade, and transportation and utilities.
• Job seekers in Colombia will see favorable hiring in agriculture, manufacturing, and services, as well as in finance, insurance and real estate.
• While the outlook remains negative in Brazil, it is improving both quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year. Perhaps this is a signal that the job market is beginning to rebound after declining steadily since 2012.
• Considerable quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year growth is expected in Canada in the finance, insurance, and real estate sectors.

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Today’s guest blogger is Jackie Torr, director at TEAM. TEAM is the largest network of independent recruiters and employment service providers in the UK. Some of the best talents in the industry are members of a national network providing solutions to all your staffing needs. NPAworldwide and TEAM have a long-standing partnership in place to support the needs of our members.

The Brexit referendum results are in. Whilst there were some initial concerns amongst the membership for the immediate future, the discussions and expert legal advice obtained at the regional networking meetings that followed helped to reassure that it’s business as usual. Great Britain finds itself in a position to forge new relationships around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Today’s guest blogger is Laura Schmieder of Premier Placement Inc., specializing in manufacturing especially engineering, operations, supply chain, sales and marketing roles globally. She currently serves on the NPAworldwide board of directors.

Last week when discussing a new search with a new client’s hiring manager, I was struck by how much the workplace has changed over the past 35 years I’ve been recruiting. This search was for a team leader (used to be production supervisor) who would “own” the product line – meaning this person wouldn’t be responsible for just one shift but all three shifts that produced the product…not directly as they would work through other team leaders on each shift, but in reality they would have to be available 24/7. They wanted someone who could listen, be authentic, coach, mentor, persuade, a critical thinker, high energy, drive, enthusiasm – it used to be that everyone wanted someone who had been a military junior officer and knew how to command respect! Read the rest of this entry »

I don’t know what your feeds have been looking like this week, but mine have been chock-full of recruitment news. Below are five of the most interesting stories I’ve seen this week:

Massachusetts Bans Salary History

The governor of Massachusetts signed a law on Monday that prohibits employers from asking candidates to supply salary histories. The intent of the law is to reduce pay gaps between men  and women. The new law also requires employers to determine the value of a job when setting salaries. Furthermore, employers will no longer be able to stop employees from discussing their salaries. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve seen a nice uptick in business this year, so for today’s post I thought I’d share some of the hot recruitment sectors we’re seeing.

For starters, total placement activity for NPAworldwide has increased approximately 25% compared to a year ago. This is the first year of combined data since merging with the National Banking Network in 2014, so it’s not surprising to see the growth. This is especially true since accounting / banking / financial services recruitment activity is up more than 350% compared to a year ago. The NBN network specialized exclusively in these recruitment sectors. Read the rest of this entry »

At a recent Global Conference for our network, we approached firm owners with the idea to “pledge to work internationally” to take advantage of the fact that they were in a worldwide network that allowed them a unique advantage over other independent firms by giving them local partners on the ground all over the world. These partners know the language, culture, and are able to provide boutique service to your firm and clients without you sacrificing your business. Many times, it is the extremely rare searches that client’s offer that will keep you respected with their company if you, by some miracle, are able to fill. If you can handle that, why would you not be able to handle all their other searches? Read the rest of this entry »

Manpower has released the results of its latest Employment Outlook Survey. For the upcoming three months, global hiring is expected to grow in 40 of the 43 countries surveyed. However, growth is many of these areas is expected to be slower than the previous quarter as well as on a year-over-year basis. Following are some highlights from the survey results:

The Americas

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Today’s guest blogger is Robson Barbosa from Selpe in Brazil. Selpe provides executive search services in the areas of automotive, mining, services, retail, healthcare, transportation, and construction. Robson serves as the NPAworldwide managing director for Latin America.

According to the Harvard Business Review, hiring good people has been a challenge for over two thousand years. The first attempt to select people in a scientific way dates back to 207 BC, when officials of the Han Dynasty in China created a long and detailed job description for civil servants. Even then, many of the hires were unsatisfactory. Read the rest of this entry »

Lou Adler, CEO and bestselling author, has come up with a method and checklist for finding exceptional talent. The 10 steps are based on Performance-Based Hiring techniques and marketing that he finds the most effective. Read the rest of this entry »