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NOS News•today, 09:39
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Due to the staff shortage, employers are approaching more and more employees from other companies with the question whether they want to come and work for them. According to the consultancy Intelligence Group, almost 38 percent of the working population said they were asked by an employer last quarter whether they would like to make a switch.
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“That’s a record,” says Geert-Jan Waasdorp of the agency that has been conducting the research for about twenty years. “Companies should use these kinds of ways, because few people are actively looking in the labor market. They are more passive and want to be approached.”
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He says the approach goes in different ways. “This is done via LinkedIn or during conversations at parties, for example. Everyone has their own tricks to convince people. For example, by offering a good salary, offering flexible working hours or by offering a workplace closer to home.”
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Care and education
There is a high demand for personnel in many sectors and the problems are becoming more acute. There are also fewer and fewer unemployed people looking for work. According to the latest CBS figures, fewer than 300,000 people were unemployed in June.
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“It was customary to work with headhunters, especially in IT and advice, but you can now also see it in healthcare and education,” says Waasdorp. “It was a few years ago not done to recruit in that way, but now you see that these types of employers also actively approach people.”
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Not everyone responds to the advances of a potential new employer, but some do. Intelligence Group figures show that one in five people has changed employer in the past year. That number is also a record.
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