Improve your staff recruitment and retention with the Salary & Benefits 2019/20 benchmarking report, in partnership with Hewett Recruitment. Businesses are currently operating in an incredibly tight labour market.
The most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that unemployment has dropped to 3.8%, the lowest level on record since 1974. At the same time, vacancies in the UK labour market reached 846,000 in May 2019, 28,000 more than last year (ONS, 2019).
50% of businesses attempted to recruit staff during Quarter 1 of 2019 and of those, 60% reported that they experienced difficulties during the recruitment process (QES Q1 Report, 2019).
Many local businesses are experiencing challenges when attempting to access the labour and skilled staff they require to maintain business growth. Addressing the local skills shortage remains a priority this year for Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce.
Working in partnership with Hewett Recruitment, the Chamber of Commerce will once again produce the annual Salary & Benefits 2019/20 report. This report will benchmark the salaries and the benefits offered by companies across the two counties. The report will include the minimum, maximum and average salaries of a variety of roles. At a time when provisions for flexible working and annual leave allowance are as important to candidates as their salary, it has never been more crucial to compare the salary and benefits that your business offers in order to attract and retain staff.
We are encouraging as many businesses as possible to complete the survey to ensure that the report is a true reflection of the salary scale.
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