Hays Salary Guide reveals hiring intentions

Hays Salary Guide reveals hiring intentions

Monday 8th June, 2015

Rising headcount: Hays Salary Guide reveals hiring intentions

• 46 per cent of employers will increase their permanent staff levels in the year ahead;
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• 76 per cent expect business activity to increase in the year ahead;
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• Job growth is led by residential and infrastructure projects, the next phase of the Christchurch rebuild and the expansion of sales teams to increase revenue.

Over the last 12 months 45 per cent of New Zealand employers increased permanent staff levels and 46 per cent expect to do so in the year ahead, according to the 2015 Hays Salary Guide.

As revealed in the Guide, 74 per cent of the 451 New Zealand employers surveyed, representing 374,007 employees, said business activity had increased in the past 12 months, and 76 per cent expect it to increase in the year ahead. In addition, 60 per cent say the New Zealand economy will strengthen in the coming six to 12 months.

According to Hays, this positive general outlook explains why more people are in work.

Of those employers expecting staff levels to increase, an overwhelming 90 per cent will hire full time permanent staff. 29 per cent will increase their use of temporaries and contractors, 17 per cent will employ part time staff, and 15 per cent will employ casual staff.

Given positive hiring plans, it is unsurprising that 25 per cent of employers have seen turnover increase.

“New Zealand’s strong domestic economy, a growing number of residential and infrastructure projects, the next phase of the Christchurch rebuild and the expansion of sales teams to increase revenue are fuelling a resilient recruitment market,” says Jason Walker, Managing Director of Hays in New Zealand.

“For example, an unprecedented residential and infrastructure workload is expected in the next few years driven by three major factors - the Canterbury rebuild, commercial demand in Auckland, and increased investment in infrastructure. An acute shortage of candidates is already being felt and it shows no signs of easing.

“As a result, construction professionals, Architects, Sales and Leasing Agents, Property Managers, Facilities Managers, Structural Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers, Solicitors with general commercial and commercial property skills and employee relations and industrial relations experts are all in demand.

“For the next phase of the Christchurch rebuild, we’re seeing demand for Engineers. While the Christchurch market for Engineers is still focused on residential insurance work, the outer CBD is taking shape with commercial, residential, hospitality and industrial projects now in the construction and design completion stages. Architects too are sought as large anchor projects get underway.

“And the expansion of sales teams to increase revenue has led to a surge in demand for Salespeople and Account Managers. This trend is also creating demand in contact centres for customer service and sales staff, BAS Seniors and Managers in accounting firms and Credit Controllers and Accounts Clerks in commercial organisations.

“In other interesting trends, we’re seeing demand for people who can spot opportunities for productivity and performance improvements, as well as those with digital expertise to help businesses embrace emerging technology,” he said.

The Hays Salary Guide includes salary and recruiting trends for over 1,000 roles in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington.

Get your copy of the 2015 Hays Salary Guide by visiting www.hays.net.nz/salary-guide, contacting your local Hays office or downloading The Hays Salary Guide 2015 iPhone app from iTunes.

Hays, the world’s leading recruiting experts in qualified, professional and skilled people.

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For further information please contact Jason Walker, Managing Director of Hays in New Zealand, on jason.walker@hays.net.nz or +64 (0) 9 375 9424.

About Hays

Hays is the leading global specialist recruiting group. We are the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide, being the market leader in Asia Pacific and the UK and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America. We operate across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments.

As at 31 December 2014 Hays employed 8,748 staff operating from 244 offices in 33 countries across 20 specialisms. For the year ended 30 June 2014, Hays reported net fees of £724.9 million and operating profit (pre-exceptional items) of £140.3 million. Hays placed around 57,000 candidates into permanent jobs and around 212,000 people into temporary assignments. 24 per cent of Group net fees were generated in Asia Pacific.

Hays operates in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, the UK and the USA.

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