An unprecedented recruitment situation

Recently, candidate recruitment has been suffering greatly across various sectors such as IT, auditing, hospitality, healthcare, and retail. Different professions are no longer as valued, and the shortage of staff is being felt.

80% of departures in 2022 are initiated by employees. It is important for companies to reinvent themselves in order to retain their employees and keep them. Employees are looking elsewhere for better fulfillment and higher salaries.

The labor market is in a tense period. Qualified profiles are hard to find, and competition is fierce. The market is under strain, and recruiters are bewildered by the labor shortages.

The difficulty related to this struggling recruitment particularly concerns the Big Quit, also known as the " great resignation ", this phenomenon that first took place in America has been spreading in France since the beginning of the year.

Candidates are in a position of strength, they evaluate job postings based on their requirements. Since COVID-19, the demand for remote work is very strong, to the point where candidates are asking to work remotely 50% of their time with a higher salary, some even request full remote work. An important criterion for candidates, which is not yet entirely feasible for all companies. The

overall context of this 1st^{quarter is not conducive to a calm projection of companies into the future, especially with the presidential elections, shortages, COVID, war in Ukraine, inflation... yet the recruitment offer has never been stronger.}Job offers booming

According to the Adecco-analytics interim specialist barometer, more than

3,450,000 unique job offers were published in the 1st^{quarter of 2022. Job offers are booming, and business needs remain significant.}The Adecco-Analytics barometer mentions an upward trend, and the number of recruitments is expected to reach

4.5 million in France by June 2023. Forecasts show continuous growth.The dynamic is intense across all regions. The

employment barometer from the Adecco group recorded over 690,000 job offers in Île-de-France during the first quarter of this year, representing a 67% increase in one year.In the top 10

most sought-after professions by the region are: IT specialists, accountants, salespeople...Solutions adopted by recruiters

Recruiters are changing their approach, some are focusing on recruiting apprentices and considering training them to retain them within their structure. The evolution of

apprenticeship contracts is also on the rise, with a +1.8% increase in the 1st^{quarter of 2022.}More and more recruiters are revising their

selection criteria and opening up to beginners. Offers open to a beginner have increased from 18% in the 1st^{quarter of 2021 to 20%. Recruiters also need to differentiate themselves with}attractive ads to entice future talents.Some companies are also becoming

less and less demanding in recruitment, and now aim to recruit for behavior rather than skills. Since the 1st^{quarter of 2022,}74% of offers call for soft skills, which is 16% more than five years ago. The most sought-after skills include: quality orientation, problem-solving analysis, planning and organizing, autonomy, communication, and teamwork. As shown in the graph below, strategic changes are being made by recruiters to attract their talents, notably by offering permanent contract offers. This contract type is on the rise, with 64% of permanent contracts offered in the 1

st^{quarter of 2022.}Download the Adecco-Analytics group barometer for the first quarter of 2022.