If you’re hunting for a graduate job, looking for a role with a small business could be your best bet. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) expect to create 8% more jobs over the summer and will take the lead in boosting employment in the UK, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey published this week. Mark Cahill, the UK managing director of Manpower, commented, ‘It seems when it comes to job vacancies, small is beautiful.’
The survey is based on responses from more than 2,100 UK employers who were asked whether they planned to take on new workers in the coming economic quarter. Overall, the national outlook is now more positive than it has been since 2008. The greatest demand is for candidates with skills in areas where there is a national shortage of expertise, such as engineers and IT specialists.
Mr Cahill commented, ‘Candidates sometimes assume that bigger is better when it comes to employers, but these statistics clearly point to the opposite. SMEs were among the first to shed jobs during the recession, but we’re now seeing them build their workforce again and becoming an increasingly important source of job creation in the UK.’
Finance, banking and business services was the career sector with the most strongly positive outlook, leading the way by intending to create 10% more jobs. Agriculture, transport, utilities and manufacturing also all intended to take on additional staff.
The public sector employers surveyed anticipated reducing the overall number of jobs available by 2%, a less dramatic cutback than has been suggested in previous surveys. Hiring intentions among larger businesses have been falling over recent months and now remain flat.
Source: Targetjobs.co.uk, Tuesday 14th June 2011
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