Are you willing to relocate?
We had a call with a client in Singapore last night (you have to love that 12-hour time difference, it's actually become sort of interesting at this point, I always wake up to some interesting emails but that's another story) whom we're working with on a few leadership roles in the US as they build out their North American HQ.
It's a rural community, with less than 15,000 people which means we're looking at relocation for a lot of their jobs.
I've recruited in much worse locations, much larger locations, this place is on the water, historical, and if you're a Jason Aldean fan, that kind of place. It's near a medical school with a major football program.
But it is small. Getting in and out is a pain. Fewer restaurants. There is no museum for this or that. Fewer everything.
Works for some but doesn't work for others. That's fine, my job is to find the people that it does work for. And we're doing that.
But we also had to have a tough conversation with our client because willingness to relocate just hit an all-time low.
According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. The number of job seekers relocating fell to the lowest level on record in the first quarter of 2023 which found that just 1.6% of U.S. job seekers relocated in that time period.
I've read that this started with Covid - ironically, we'd moved to NYC right before Covid, and a couple of months in, didn't know anybody, and were then told to stay inside our shoebox apartment for the next two years. At least my wife and I had each other, imagine if you'd have just moved there and didn't know a soul.
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You probably moved back home (we left) and would think twice about the risk of that next move.
Whatever the reasons, if you are hiring, and have no local candidates for a position, you have two options:
If you're a company hiring, option 2 isn't going to give you 52 candidates or should I say 52 great candidates. It's going to give you 1 or 2 and you better be ready to swing the bat when they step into the batter's box.
If you're a candidate or job seeker, your salary could jump by up to 33% if you're willing to make a move!
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You don’t “swing the bat when they step in to the batter’s box”. You pitch. They swing.
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1 年3 comments: (1) I'm going to guess (without googling anything) Washington, NC for your location! (2) Don't put "willingness to relocate" entirely on the candidate. Companies are much less likely to shell out the actual cost of relocation to candidates than they used to be. Those costs have gone up, while company contributions have gone down over the span of my career. Moreover, the importance of the trailing spouses income contribution has increased dramatically in my lifetime. Companies used to provide compensation for that - no body even mentions it anymore. This should say "Companies are much less willing to relocate candidates." (3) Instead of "you better be ready to swing the bat when they step into the batter's box" I think you mean "you better be ready to pitch the ball when they step into the batter's box."