Employers are missing out on the UK’s top executives because they have failed to adapt to new job hunting behaviours, says the Chartered Management Institute.
According to CMI research many senior posts will remain unfilled because of a mismatch between employer recruitment and employee job-search tactics.
The findings follow a major research programme involving the Institute for Employment Studies and Department for Work & Pensions and show that 67 per cent of the UK’s managers admit they regularly browse relevant job adverts, with just 56 per cent also reporting that they are actively seeking a more senior position.
However, with 80 per cent of organisations revealing that they are struggling to recruit staff with the right skills, many employers appear to be looking in the wrong place. Although 72 per cent of managers claim they are most likely to use ‘online job searches’ and 76 per cent suggest they focus specifically on ‘online job adverts’, just 37 per cent say they found their current role via the Internet.
Jo Causon, director, marketing and corporate affairs at the Institute, said: “Clearly a concern for employers should be about how to avoid wasting the impressive talent pool that exists in the UK. There is certainly a need to adjust recruit behaviour because without casting the recruitment net wider, organisations run the risk of losing out on senior staff who have embraced technology to boost their career prospects.”
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