Summer Shifts and Salaries Are Up as Recruiters Compete for Talents

According to the Snag survey, summer recruitment is up, and employers are moving fast on it. 46% of employers raise wages to compete for talents, and 95% add extra shifts to their seasonal job openings. The State of the Hourly Worker report also shows that around 30% of the employers surveyed already completed hiring by the end of April, compared to 27% last year. Moreover, the majority of people planned to complete their recruitment in May.

Interestingly, this survey also demonstrated that more than 80% of hourly workers are willing to work multiple jobs to get more hours.

How recruiters attract new employees?

• Employers offer more full-time jobs
• Healthcare
• Paid time off (PTO) benefits
• Higher wages than is mandated;

74% plan to pay a wage of $11 per hour or more this year, compared to 53% of employers last year.

Overall, based on a 2017 CareerBuilder report, this year’s news on summer recruitment is better than last year’s. However, the tough market may finally be driving up wages, which have remained stagnant for some time. Generally, employers are finding that people, even in their own industries, are beginning to favor general wage increases — which may prompt some employers into action, primarily to secure summer job placements.

While the arguments over whether or not Americans are willing to take those summer jobs to continue, employers that offer a substantial employee experience in this tight job market — even for temporary or contingent workers, which are increasingly a solution for seasonal hiring, as well — may have a leg up on the competition.

To conclude, employers don’t seem to be worried about getting enough applicants, as 60% anticipate more applicants this year compared to last year. On the other side, more businesses (40%) plan to use E-Verify to establish applicants’ work eligibility, up from 25% in 2017.

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