- 52% plan to add new permanent roles; 57% expect to hire
contract workers
- Despite plans to add new positions, hiring challenges
persist
MENLO
PARK, Calif., July 30,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from talent
solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half suggests hiring
will keep pace for the remainder of the year. According to the
company's State of U.S. Hiring Survey, 52% of companies report
plans to add new permanent positions in the second half of the
year. Another 43% plan to fill for vacated positions, and 57% said
they plan to increase the number of contract professionals on
staff, down 10 percentage points from the first half of 2024.
Hiring Plans for
Permanent Staff
|
|
First Half
2024
|
Second Half
2024
|
Adding new
positions
|
57 %
|
52 %
|
Filling vacated
positions
|
39 %
|
43 %
|
Not adding new or
filling vacated positions
|
2 %
|
4 %
|
Eliminating
positions
|
1 %
|
0 %
|
|
|
|
Hiring Plans by
Specialization
|
|
First Half
2024
|
Second Half
2024
|
Finance and
Accounting
|
43 %
|
45 %
|
Technology
|
69 %
|
58 %
|
Marketing and
Creative
|
55 %
|
48 %
|
Legal
|
60 %
|
50 %
|
Administrative and
Customer Support
|
47 %
|
49 %
|
Human
Resources
|
48 %
|
56 %
|
View a breakdown of hiring plans by specialization and
city.
Hiring Challenges Persist
According to the survey,
the top factors influencing hiring decisions include company growth
(57%), employee turnover (47%) and project-based work requiring
skilled talent (42%). However, most employers (86%) report hiring
challenges, and their major areas of concern include:
- Lack of applicants with the required skills (48%)
- Hiring quickly enough to land the best talent (48%)
- Meeting candidates' salary expectations (48%)
Given these challenges, nearly two-thirds (62%) of managers said
they'd be willing to bend on years of experience if the candidate
possessed the skills needed for the open role.
Read more about The Demand for Skilled Talent.
"Today's workers are more selective when it comes to making a
career move," said Dawn Fay,
operational president of Robert
Half. "Employers should have a strategic hiring plan in
place and remain flexible in order to land in-demand talent and
keep projects on track and workloads in check."
Attracting Talent Requires a Strategic Approach
To
land the best talent and stand out from the competition, hiring
managers are implementing proactive strategies and offering:
- Hybrid jobs where workers can spend time at home and in-office
(41%)
- Windowed work, allowing teams to work outside of typical
business hours (41%)
- Higher starting salaries (38%)
Fay emphasized, "While hiring remains a priority, employers
shouldn't lose sight of their current workforce. Skilled talent is
still in high demand, so it's crucial to prioritize retention
strategies to keep your best employees on board."
About the Research
The online survey was developed by Robert Half and
conducted by an independent research firm in June 2024. It includes responses from more than
2,500 managers with hiring responsibilities in finance and
accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal,
administrative and customer support, and human resources at
companies with 20 or more employees in the U.S.
About Robert
Half
Robert Half
(NYSE: RHI) is the world's first and largest specialized talent
solutions and business consulting firm, connecting highly skilled
job seekers with rewarding opportunities at great companies. We
offer contract talent and permanent placement solutions in the
fields of finance and accounting, technology, marketing and
creative, legal, and administrative and customer support, and we
also provide executive search services. Robert Half is the parent company of
Protiviti®, a global consulting firm that delivers
internal audit, risk, business and technology consulting solutions.
In the past 12 months, Robert Half,
including Protiviti, has been named one of the
Fortune® Most Admired Companies™ and 100 Best
Companies to Work For and a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity.
Explore talent solutions, research and insights at
roberthalf.com.
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