Our MD, Karen Camilleri, contributed to an article in People Management about the increasing number of UK employers now using skill tests to assess candidates.
Karen said that, as a specialist transport recruiter, she has observed an increasing tendency among her UK-based clients in the rail and bus sectors towards skills-based recruitment.
“There has been a real demand for key skills overseas, in particular the Middle East, Canada and Australia, which has meant that there is a real deficit in the UK as many of the experienced candidates have moved overseas for higher pay and to be involved in large-scale programmes of work with heavy and committed investment,” she explained.
Camilleri added that a focus on skills-based recruitment was also a way of encouraging diverse thinking from an organisation and clients were “rapidly” recognising this and moving away from the previous trend of sector-based hiring.
To read the article in full, visit www.peoplemanagement.co.uk.