Sentences with phrase «cent of employers»

23 per cent of employers said they thought 1 is the best GCSE grade that students can get now, while a further 13 per cent said they didn't know at all.

Fifty — two per cent of employers say they are feeling a large to an extremely large amount of pressure to recruit quickly, which results in the wrong hire.

Down one per cent from last year, 96 per cent of employers believe that skills shortages (without doubt or will be some impact) will hamper the effective operations of their businesses.

A staggering 90 per cent of employers use social media when recruiting.

Despite this our survey found that just 40 per cent of employers feel that the vast majority of their staff are engaged.

83 per cent of employers report that the average length of time they spend reading a cover letter is under a minute.

Down two per cent from last year, 89 per cent of employers believe that skills shortages (without doubt or will be some impact) will hamper the effective operations of their businesses.

Nevertheless, a mere 23 per cent of employers say they use social media to find talent.

Property professionals, specifically, are optimistic for their business activity with 65 per cent of employers saying they expect business activity to increase in 2017.

Despite a slight slow down in Construction across Canada in 2011, 49 per cent of employers across Canada expect to add to staff this year, with the greatest concentration in British Columbia and Northern Alberta.

The importance of this issue is underscored by the fact 89 per cent of employers in Hong Kong responding to the 2018 Salary Guide believe skill shortages have the potential to hamper effective business operations over the coming year.»

Vacation Every year vacation is rated as the most important benefit for recruitment and retention, but just 58 per cent of employers offer more than 10 days of vacation for full time employees, and less than five per cent say they plan to add more vacation to their 2016 packages.

The employment picture is looking strong as 40 per cent of employers plan to increase their permanent headcount in 2014 and 60 per cent will hire on temporary and contract employees.

The research, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), shows that 23 per cent of employers find it difficult to recruit school leavers to engineering, IT or technical roles as they do not meet reasonable skill expectations.

In terms of entry requirements, 79 per cent of employers require A-levels for higher apprenticeships.

In addition, eight per cent say they are aware of the new grading but do not realise that it is starting this year, and 28 per cent of employers surveyed said they understand the new grade system.

Sixty one per cent of employers agreed that they need to work closer with schools to help close the skills gap.

The most recent research for the Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology reported that 42 per cent of employers still have difficulties recruiting staff from science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) backgrounds.

But it's not only universities, schools and institutions that are dipping into the online learning toolkit, corporates and organisations are following suit too; our research with Parthenon - EY and the Open University shows that 80 per cent of employers who conduct corporate training would consider conducting this through MOOCs (massive open online courses).

Equally bemusing is the conduct I see of some candidates on Facebook; 69 per cent of employers reject candidates based on their social media activity, and I'm one of them.

In fact, almost 75 per cent of employers experienced business losses, which is in stark contrast to a national, cross-sector figure of 24 per cent that experienced a decline in business.

Nevertheless, only 38 per cent of employers intend to add headcount during the same period.

Forty - one per cent of Alberta employers said that their biggest competition for talent is British Columbia, which led the country in increased business activity last year, and Ontario where 57 per cent of employers saw growth.

This question should be urgent for Canadian business leaders and managers because the Hays Canada 2017 Salary Guide finds that 62 per cent of employers expect business activity to increase, but only 35 per cent say they will increase headcount.

Figures show that 58 per cent of employers rated work experience as «the most popular qualification among those presented» — with a student's personality coming second, with 48 per cent favouring this.

A study from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which surveyed 3,500 business leaders and school officials, found that 79 per cent of employers believe work experience is the best way to equip young people with skills for the workplace.

NEARLY 40 per cent of employers across the nation plan to increase permanent staff numbers in the next three months, according to the latest Morgan & Banks Job Index.

In answer to a new question added to the Salary Guide this year, 54 per cent of employers in Hong Kong say they are confident of recruiting candidates with the skills their organisation needs in the next 12 months while 32 per cent were not very confident of meeting this challenge.

Almost 100 per cent of candidate respondents are on at least one social media channel and more than 50 per cent use social media to job hunt yet, only 23 per cent of employers use social media to recruit

Availability of candidates for permanent roles has been in decline since May 2013 — only 9.1 per cent of employers said availability had improved, while 39.9 per cent said it was worse.

58 per cent of employers believe growing their social media following is a core business objective however, 32 per cent are concerned about the threat social media can have on their brand

Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) enhancements will come into effect next year, yet only 17 per cent of employers have taken action to prepare, according to an Aon survey.

Only six per cent of employers have communicated to employees about the coming changes to CPP and QPP, according to Aon's survey.

The IET's Skills & Demand in Industry Report 2013 showed that 42 per cent of employers have expressed disappointment with the skills of new employees.

53 per cent of employers believe they should get more involved with schools, colleges and universities to help change the perception of engineering among young people

Despite this poor record, the survey suggests that 43 per cent of employers are not taking any specific action to improve workplace diversity.

In spite of confidence being down, just 20 per cent of employers said that they plan to retrain existing staff despite this being a key way of preventing them from leaving the profession after having already been trained.

The REC's latest JobsOutlook report suggests that 82 per cent of employers will seek to add to their permanent headcount in the next three months and 75 per cent intend to do so in the next year.

Our data shows that 93 per cent of employers are operating with little or no spare capacity, and have serious concerns about the availability of suitably skilled candidates.

It finds wide recognition of the importance of life skills, with 88 per cent of young people, 94 per cent of employers and 97 per cent of teachers saying that these are as or more important than academic qualifications.

A similar poll of 100 HR directors working in the private sector revealed 21 per cent of employers across the UK fail to undertake succession planning.

In Denver, in a state with just three per cent unemployment, 10 per cent of employers that screen for drugs had dropped marijuana as of 2016, according to a survey by the Employers Council, which provides corporate legal and human resources services.

«Adding to this concern is the fact that nearly 40 per cent of employers believe that the absence of training and professional development is the reason for the skills shortage in their industry,» O'Grady added.

Looking ahead, 60 per cent of employers will increase salaries by up to three per cent, 18 per cent will increase salaries from between 3 - 6 per cent.

Additional highlights from the 2018 Hays Canada Salary Guide • Economic outlook is highest in Quebec where 50 per cent of employers believe it will strengthen in 2018.

In the survey conducted in November, 70 per cent of employers said they expected business activity to increase in the coming months, but only 38 per cent said they expected to do any hiring.