Wage expectations of job candidates much higher than last year
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During the year, the salary expectations of job candidates have increased significantly, in the case of specialists and managers it is an average increase of 10-30 percent – recruitment companies reported to PAP. In the e-commerce, digital marketing, and new technologies sectors, employees expect up to 40 percent. higher pay.
As Marta Szymańska, the regional manager for permanent recruitment at Manpower, said, in recent months there has been a lot of interest from candidates in participation in recruitment processes and new development opportunities. Very often, however, involvement in recruitment is of a research nature: candidates want to determine their value on the labor market and verify what employers can offer them, as admits the expert.
"It is worth emphasizing that the pandemic has opened the foreign labor market to some professional groups – without the need to move. This has an impact on the wage pressure," Szymańska emphasized.
President of Antal Artur Skiba told that the candidate's market translates into an increase in the financial expectations of specialists and managers. On average, they increased between 10 and 30 percent.
"There is a clear increase in labor market fluctuations, especially compared to a year ago, when economic uncertainty related to the pandemic influenced more cautious attitudes of candidates and preferences to stay in the current well-known workplace," Skiba said.
