Why the Best Hiring Managers Recruit Now

With so much change in the world of work, get the latest insights into the recruitment market across Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the Nordics.

• We’re currently leading a number of assignments with key clients in Switzerland, which are actively aligning their strategic headcount before year-end.
• There remains a good amount of opportunity available in the Dutch market and significant competition for top talent. As there is still a level of uncertainty in terms of the global economy and how 2024 will unfold, professionals with strong skillsets in change management and transformation remain in demand.
• The question on everyone’s lips in the Nordics region is: How will AI influence the future of Finance? We’ve been discussing changing skills requirements with key players in the market to best support them as the business landscape evolves.

Ahead of the festive period, we like to remind our clients that recruitment doesn’t need to slow down, and why waiting until January to hire isn’t always the best approach…

The best hiring managers recruit now

Every year, as winter approaches, we see companies decide to delay recruiting until January, as they are concerned about completing the process before the holiday season and think that more candidates will consider changing roles in the New Year.

We believe that this decision making is based on outdated data, from a time when recruitment processes took longer, due to the lack of technology, and when candidates applying directly to job adverts was the primary source of talent.

In today’s world, the best candidates are happy to remain below the radar, as passive job seekers, and are unlikely to apply to job advertisements, as they are registered with recruitment consultancies who know them and will approach them with details of specific roles that meet their desired criteria. As a result, many directly advertised roles are ultimately filled by recruitment consultancies with candidates that direct advertisement could not reach.

Delaying your recruitment process until January - when there is a spike in recruitment activity - also means that you face more competition for the candidates you want to recruit.

We are able to access these passive job seekers, often because we have had a relationship with them for many years and develop a higher quality shortlist than any advertisement will yield. We are also able to do this in a time efficient manner, allowing our clients to complete recruitment processes far quicker than traditional recruitment methods.

If you are seeking to recruit high-quality talent to join your team in 2024, please contact me now and I will be happy to discuss the market and timetables with you: [email protected]