Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Travel Recruitment remaining 'grounded' for time being

An article we read in the recruiter news is, in our opinion, very refletive of the current market-place;

The travel recruitment sector is waiting for business to ‘take off’ again, a recruiter claims.
Julia Fuell, managing director at travel staffing firm New Frontiers, told Recruiter that there were still lots of jobs and skills shortages across the industry but many firms are holding off on recruitment for the moment.


Fuell said: “The travel industry, like many other industries, is paralysed by not being able to 'read the future', and so vacancies are on and then they're on hold and then they're on again. Candidates, meanwhile, are taking jobs then worrying about being 'last in, first out' and changing their mind! This uncertainty isn't good for business, but is very understandable.

“Having been in business for the last 15 years and been through one recession, two Gulf Wars, the 9/11 disaster and SARs outbreak, I've got my battle jacket back on!”

What are your thoughts in this? Is it a complete reflection or are you doing particularly well at the moment?

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