Sentences with phrase «per cent of employers»

Meanwhile, 65 per cent of employers said they'd like someone who can negotiate.

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.

Recruitment in the financial industry is strong, with the latest Hays Asia Salary Guide showing 58 per cent of employers in China intend to increase salaries between 6 per cent and 10 per cent this year.

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

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

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.

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.

A further 13 per cent of employers increased salaries by more than six per cent, 33 per cent of employers increased salaries by up to three per cent and eight per cent gave no increases at all.

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

Nearly 40 per cent of employers» websites today are mobile - friendly and an additional 12 per cent are taking steps toward a mobile - enabled platform, which is a key aspect of connecting with candidates wherever they happen to be.

Based on Hays Canada research, 65 per cent of employers say business activity will increase, and approximately 40 per cent of employers plan to increase permanent headcount.

50 per cent of employers either do not or are unaware if their organization has a recruitment strategy

A further 16 per cent of employers increased salaries from between 3 - 6 per cent, 12 per cent increased salaries by more than six per cent and 13 per cent gave no increases at all.

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.

However, in stark contrast, just 23 per cent of employers are using social media as part of their recruiting strategy.

According to the Hays UK Salary & Recruiting Trends 2016 report, 79 per cent of employers are struggling to recruit suitable candidates, whilst 59 per cent of professionals are looking to move jobs in the next year.

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.

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.

In 2012 only 19 per cent of employers did so despite acute skills and candidate shortages.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

«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.

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.

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.»

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Only 21 per cent of employers offer a paid maternity benefit beyond that disability leave, according to a recent survey from the Society for Human Resource Management.

Not exact matches

With 90 per cent of Australians at risk of developing a chronic disease and the workplace being where most of us spend up to half our waking hours, it's only right employers become drivers of change.

The bonus subsidies paid to employers of mature aged apprentices was cut by 11 per cent to 1,300.

The fund had managed to reduce expenditure by cutting the number of payments made to subsidise apprenticeships; it paid out 5,199 subsidies to employers of apprentices, down 6 per cent.

The federal government announced initial changes in April, scrapping an aspect of the program that allowed employers to pay foreign workers as much as 15 per cent less than the average wage for a job.

NEARLY 40 per cent of workers would accept a job following avirtual interview, a virtual tour of the workplace and viewing footage about the employer, according to a recent survey by Monster.com.au.

In the 23rd Actuarial Report on the Canada Pension Plan (OCA, 2007), the Office of the Chief Actuary (OCA) certified that, in spite of the substantial increase in CPP benefit payments that would result from the retirement of the baby boom generation, the current legislated contribution rate of 9.9 per cent for employers and employees combined would be more than enough to pay for benefits through 2075.

For the self - employed, the contribution rate would be 3.6 per cent of pensionable earnings, as they were to pay both employee and employer shares.