Executive recruitments from the private sector increased compared to last year in the third quarter, marked by "
a more dynamic summer period than usual on the front of executive job offers
", according to a study by the Association for executive employment (Apec) published Wednesday.
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The dynamic of executive employment is confirmed and even amplified
", but "
uncertainties exist
" which could "
slow
" hiring in the fourth quarter: "
the difficulty of recruiting
" and "
the shortage of components and raw materials
" , commented at a press conference the director general of Apec, Gilles Gateau, still "
worried in the short term
" for young graduates.
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In the third quarter, 10% of private companies finalized at least one executive hiring, according to the Apec study. Admittedly, "
due to the seasonality of hiring
", this rate fell by 4 points compared to the second quarter, but it increased by 2 points compared to the third quarter of 2020, underlines the association.
And "
for the first time since the start of the health crisis
", the number of executive job offers published on the Apec site exceeded that of 2019 "
in a comparable quarter
", with an increase of 8% in the third quarter compared to the same period of 2019, notes Apec.
"
There is certainly a catching-up effect
", companies having "
waited for better days
", and "
it creates tensions on recruitments
", noted Mr. Gateau.
Discrepancy with salary expectations
In terms of hiring finalized in the third quarter, 69% of mid-size companies and large companies have recruited at least one executive, ahead of 14% of SMEs and 5% of VSEs.
Asked about their hiring intentions, 11% of companies say they want to recruit an executive in the fourth quarter.
But “
the recruitment difficulties
” that they foresee “have
reached their highest level for a year,
” points out Apec.
In question "
mainly
": the "
lack of available profiles
", the "
gap
" between applications and job requirements, and "
more and more
" the "
salary
expectations
of candidates
".
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As for executives, more than half of them (52%) believe that changing companies today is "
an opportunity rather than a risk
".
This study is based on two surveys carried out from September 6 to 21, one online with a sample of 2,000 executives representative of executives in the private sector with or without a job, the other by telephone with a sample of 1,000 companies representative of private companies employing at least one manager.
