SALARY SURVEY 2013 - Robert Walters Singapore

Due to ongoing market instabilityacross the Eurozone, the Dutchrecruitment market remainedstatic in 2012 and overall job levelscontinued to be relatively low.Salaries levels also remainedconsistent from the previous year.This overall trend was evidentacross most job disciplines.While the recruitment market forpermanent finance professionalsin 2012 remained stable, demandfell for interim finance specialistsas worsening economicconditions caused projects thatdid not immediately contribute tothe bottom line to be cancelledor postponed. Similarly, employerswere also less keen to hirespecialised short-term temporarycandidates as budgets tightened.In keeping with these main trends,we saw little demand for highlyskilled banking and financialservices professionals asemployers in this sector wereforced to reduce headcountand/or projects were shelved.With job levels relatively low,candidates became morereluctant to seek newopportunities. As a result,employers often found it difficultto source professionals withsought-after skills. As few jobopenings offered genuinecareer progression, candidatesinstead focused on longer-termdevelopment, with many optingto make horizontal job movesin order to broaden theirexperience for the future.With the market remainingchallenging, future trends aredifficult to predict. If the Dutcheconomy begins to recover, therecruitment market will clearlyimprove as both employers andprofessionals become moreconfident. If this improvementmaterialises, interim financeprofessionals with experiencein Hyperion, Cognos and SAPBPC will be the first in demandas employers seek to improvetheir management informationreports. As companies tendedto hire fewer junior level financestaff in 2012, we would alsoanticipate an increased demandfor these candidates in 2013.NETHERLANDSRobert Walters Global Salary Survey 2013 2012