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2012
Figure 3: Views on the employment market (% agreeing or strongly agreeing)
We have noticed an increase in the
number of unsuitable applicants.
54
71
73
76
Competition for well-qualified talent
is even greater now as the pool of
available talent to hire has fallen.
20
41
52
59
The demand for temporary and contract workers
will increase as employers will be reluctant to
take on permanent staff during uncertain times.
59
62
66
66
Employers will use the economic downturn as an
opportunity to get rid of poor performers
and bring about culture change.
55
55
63
72
Employers are acting too hastily in making
people redundant and as a result they will lose too
many employees with valuable knowledge and skills.
46
44
48
53
Part-time workers will become more appealing to
employers who are looking to cut costs.
43 4445
52
The abolition of the Default Retirement Age
will mean we recruit fewer people.*
21
23
Employers will look to make older workers over
the age of 65 redundant before their
younger workers.
16
19
22
27
0 10 20 30 40 50
Percentage of respondents
2012 2011 2010 2009
60 70 80
Base: 511 (2012); 607 (2011); 475 (2010); 746 (2009)
* Item added 2011
and two-fifths that part-time workers will become
more appealing to employers who are looking to cut
costs. This view is substantiated by figures from the
ONS that show a big rise in the number of people
working part-time.
A fifth of organisations believe that the abolition
of the Default Retirement Age (DRA) will mean
they recruit fewer people, a similar proportion
to last year. The abolition of the DRA and an
increased awareness of age diversity issues and
their benefits might also be linked to the slight
decline observed over the last few years in the
proportion reporting that employers will look to
make older workers over the age of 65 redundant
before their younger workers.
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