Demand for Recruiters Continues Steady Growth

The current pace of US job growth in most economic sectors is troubling, especially following last Friday's BLS report, but corporate HR departments and staffing agencies continued to grow their hiring demand for recruiters in June, up 2.7% over May. On a year-over-year basis, demand has grown 36% over June 2010, with over 5,900 new job ads posted. Ads posted by direct employers accounted for about half this activity, with nearly 2,900 ads or 48% of overall demand. Demand by direct employers increased at a faster pace, however, up 53% over June 2010 vs. a 24% increase for staffing agencies.

Hiring Demand for Personnel Recruiters – 4 Years:

Source: WANTED Analytics™

Except for the New York City and Seattle metro areas, demand for recruiters showed double-digit increases in all of the top 25 metro areas over June 2010. The hottest growth spots were the Columbus, San Francisco, St. Louis, Boston, and Phoenix metro areas, with gains ranging from 82% to 150% over June 2010.

Top 25 Metro Areas by Hiring Demand — Recruiters — June 2011 vs 2010:

Source: WANTED Analytics™

Despite the high demand in metro NYC, the story continues to be in Silicon Valley, the Bay Area and Seattle, where these positions remain harder to fill: our Hiring Scale™ metrics show San Francisco with 16 candidates for every new position, and San Jose with 13 candidates. High demand in Boston has made positions there harder to fill as well, with 23 candidates per new position.

Hiring Scale Metrics for San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle and Boston Metro Areas:

Source: WANTED Analytics™

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