The recession has not dampened employers' enthusiasm for hiring migrant workers, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and KPMG.
The findings from the Labour Market Outlook survey show that one in five (19%) employers recruited migrant workers in the past three months, with public sector employers more likely to hire migrant workers than private sector employers (24% compared to 15%).
The findings from the Labour Market Outlook survey show that one in five (19%) employers recruited migrant workers in the past three months, with public sector employers more likely to hire migrant workers than private sector employers (24% compared to 15%).
The survey of 700 firms shows that employers are still reporting skills shortages. Two in five (41%) employers have vacancies that are hard-to-fill. More than half of these vacancies are skills-related (52%); with engineer, doctor and nurse vacancies the most difficult to fill.
One in 10 private sector organisations also plan to outsource jobs abroad in the next 12 months, with almost half (44%) of IT companies and almost one in five (17%) of manufacturing companies planning to outsource employment abroad. The most popular destination for outsourced jobs are India and Eastern Europe.
So it's apparent that despite rising unemployment, employers are still struggling to recruit the people they need and are turning abroad to plug the gap.
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