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Economics, government & businessLatest NewsLabour marketWhistleblowing

CIPD predicts employment growth but intense competition for roles

by John Eccleston 13 May 2013
by John Eccleston 13 May 2013

Employment will continue to grow in the second quarter of 2013, but applicants are set to face stiff competition in the jobs market, with 45 applicants chasing each low-skilled job.

This is according to the latest Labour Market Outlook data released today by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which highlighted a fifth consecutive quarter of projected growth in employment, but warned of a “battleground” for jobseekers.

The report, which uses a net employment balance measuring the difference between the proportion of employers planning to increase staffing levels and those planning to decrease them, predicted a quarter-on-quarter increase from +5 to +9.

However, this was accompanied by a warning that the jobs market is becoming increasingly challenging for jobseekers with less experience, skills or qualifications, and highlighted how some jobseekers are excluded from the recruitment process altogether.

Some 14% of employers said they would not consider recruiting school leavers, and 11% said they would not consider candidates who had been long-term unemployed.

However, it is not only low-skilled or entry-level jobseekers who can expect to find it difficult when applying for roles. The survey also found that there was an average of 29 applicants for every medium-skilled vacancy and 10 applicants for each highly skilled role.

Gerwyn Davies, CIPD labour market adviser, said: “Even though last month’s official figures showed a slight dip in the level of employment, these findings suggest that further employment growth is possible. However, with a projected increase of half a million people to the UK population over the next 12 months, the number of jobs being created may fail to keep pace with the population growth. In this scenario, we could see employment rising accompanied by increases to unemployment; as the Office for Budget Responsibility expects.

“Against this backdrop, it is perhaps unsurprising that the labour market at present is a battleground for jobseekers, particularly those with fewer skills or qualifications.

“However, employers should see it as an opportunity to draw on a wider pool of talent for their needs tomorrow to help address skills shortages and improve their talent pipelines. Our recent report exploring employers’ recruitment practices highlights the importance of employers ensuring that they don’t inadvertently screen out candidates of different ages or backgrounds for the wrong reasons, for example, by requiring degrees for roles where they are not needed. Such an approach would marginalise young people most and add to the pool of wasted young talent.”

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