Council Recruitment trends 2018
Recent Council recruitment trends
Looking at the big picture of recruitment advertising
occasionally uncovers interesting trends.
Analysis of recruitment advertising of Australian councils
by job type over the last 12 months, reveals some surprises. Councils are known
to be very stable employers with low levels of attrition typically less than 10%
per year on average vs more than 20% per year in the private sector. As well, many
unique skillsets are sought by Councils and these can cover over 200 job categories,
almost half of which are unique to the sector.
Patterns of Council
recruitment
CouncilJobs is known for its depth of candidates in the
traditionally unique roles of Engineering,
Planning, Community Services, Environment and Executive Management. These
are the job categories that advertisers know they can particularly rely on
CouncilJobs to be able to tap into for highly experienced candidates. In our
experience and operating for almost 20 years, our subscriber profile mirrors
what Advertisers are looking for.
Here’s where it gets
interesting lately;
(The above chart shows recruitment patterns by Job
categories – blue is the share of jobs
advertised over the last 12 months vs red which is the share of jobs advertised
more recently over the past 3 months vs the green which is the share of
CouncilJobs Subscribers in each category. Normally all these 3 lines align.)
What can we conclude
from all this?
Above average rates of recruitment of HR, Building and Procurement roles suggest that councils may be
gearing up for major project activity.
Since May this year, CouncilJobs has seen a marked jump in
recruitment activity. Overall recruitment advertising is up more than 30% per month over the previous 12 months as
recruiters rush to fill key roles, many of which have been on hold for over 12
months due to factors like hiring freezes, reorganisations, etc.
This demand has seen higher than usual activity in lead-indicator
roles including HR, Building and Procurement, suggesting that there may be
further growth in councils’ recruitment overall in coming months.
Happy job hunting
CJ
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