The start of the New Year often brings with it an influx of new registrations and applications from jobseekers, but this year recruiter Hays has seen a spike in applications on the first working day of the year. On 2 January – the first working day of 2019 for many – Hays saw applications via hays.co.uk increase by 55%*.
Simon Winfield, Managing Director of Hays UK & Ireland, says: “People often use the Christmas break to reflect on what they want from their career so we usually see an increase in applications, but this year the spike is staggering. People want more from their careers and they aren’t prepared to stay in jobs that don’t offer career progression or with bosses who aren’t listening to their needs. The rising train fares coupled with delays and cancellations on the first day back will have only cemented people’s resolutions to look for a new job.”
This data from follows a survey of over 23,000 people in 2018, which showed that over half of the workforce (56%) plan to look for a new role and over three-quarters (76%) of employers are planning to hire. The Hays Salary & Recruiting Trends 2019 guide offered a strong indication that jobseekers would look for new roles, which has been supported by the latest data from the recruiter.
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*Job applications to hays.co.uk (2 January 2018 compared to 2 January 2019).
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About Hays
Hays plc (the "Group") is a leading global professional recruiting group. The Group is the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide, being the market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America. The Group operates across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments. As at 30 June 2018 the Group employed 10,978 staff operating from 257 offices in 33 markets across 20 specialisms. For the year ended 30 June 2018:
– the Group reported net fees of £1.072 billion and operating profit (pre-exceptional items) of £243.4 million;
– the Group placed around 77,000 candidates into permanent jobs and around 244,000 people into temporary assignments;
– 19% of Group net fees were generated in Australia & New Zealand, 26% in Germany, 24% in United Kingdom & Ireland and 31% in Rest of World (RoW);
– the temporary placement business represented 58% of net fees and the permanent placement business represented 42% of net fees;
– Hays operates in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, the UK and the USA