A new survey from secretarial and business support recruiter Crone Corkill claims that most firms plan on maintaining or even increasing recruitment of business support staff in 2009. Almost 40% of companies planned to increase headcount interestingly.
Admin and support recruitment will be one of the first sectors to recover from this period of downturn.
The industry has been one of the first to see the effects of the economic climate because companies have cut administrative support and have been doing so for the last seven months.
The expectation is that when companies do begin to get busier then they will either hire temporary support or an administrator/PA support to increase efficiency.
Leeds Airport has announced expansion plans that will create thousands of jobs. More than £70 million will be spent on the airport over the next five years including £28 million on extending the current terminal building.
This will lead to 3,000 jobs becoming avaliable including engineering jobs and administration jobs.
Apparently almost half of all PAs do not feel comfortable asking their boss for a pay rise.
A survey by one of our advertised recruiters, Crone Corkill, showed that 43% felt uncomfortable at approaching their boss for a pay hike, while 31% of respondents said that they would sometimes be willing to approach their boss regarding the issue, dependant on his or her workload and stress levels. Around a fifth said that they do not need to ask because they are often rewarded for their hard work.
Head to the Peterborough Town Hall on the 5th October (Friday) for a chance to talk to 35 local employers including Marks and Spencer, Peterborough City council, Cambridge Police and many more.
Jobs include Retail, clerical, security, customer services and industrial work.
Click here for a map to Peterborough Town Hall
