HAYS SURVEY
LABOUR MARKET FROM THE
EMPLOYEE POINT OF VIEW
In December 2012 we have asked Office Support specialists to complete
survey held on the current situation on local labour market. We have surveyed
over 2000 professionals – each of whom has years of experience in the sector
and working in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
1. Most candidates from Support Office division use primarily famous job portals like jobs.cz and
prace.cz to search for new opportunities. On the other hand recommendations and references are not
the most important for candidates. Just a smaller part of candidates use recruitment agencies / head
hunters. This might be influenced by the seniority of the candidates and also by the specialisation
of their experience – Office Support / HR / Legal. HR & Legal candidates are more oriented to
search through recruitment agencies / head hunters and contact the employer directly, back office
candidates prefer to apply through job portals.
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2. For candidates the most important factors that constitute ideal work environment are besides attractive
base salary also friendly work environment. Nowadays, it’s not just about the money but also about how the
employee feels. Candidates are searching for stable jobs, are more loyal and want to be part of the company,
appreciate opportunities for self-development and professional trainings which employer offers and do not
miss out the importance of how the company acts.
3. These factors are closely connected to those that constitute the ideal work environment.
It is also attractive base salary and friendly environment that influence the decision making process the most.
As for candidates are most important attractive base salary and friendly environment it also will be what
influence the decision the most.
Apart from stability and self-development, location is another key factor when considering the offer.
Candidates are counting how long they spend on the way to work/home comparing “wasting” of time on the
way with other activities (working / leisure time). On the other hand, the level of additional bonuses are not
that important for candidates as they are usually not guaranteed.
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4. As we can see most favorite benefits are personal development, personal training and flexible working
hours. Personal development and personal training are important for most of candidates with all levels of
experience, from support staff through to management. Flexible working hours are more popular than ever.
Flexible working hours are interesting more for senior and well paid candidates.
5. 69,2% from all respondents would accept the relocation in order to get an interesting job, but 56,4% of them
would accept the new opportunity just with relocation package. The rest of the candidates, which means
30,8% would not relocate if they got a new work opportunity.
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6. 35,2% respondents would consider relocating in case they would get an interesting and challenging role. It
is 1/3 of all responses. To get an international experience is the second most preferred reason for relocation,
25,4%. For the rest of the candidates reasons such as professional development, or better financial package
are acceptable.
7. Motivation of changing the job from our candidate´s prospective did not changed dramatically. The major
motivator for change is limited possibilities for career growth followed by management approach . Low base
salary is not one of the dominant factor anymore.
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8. Employees are rather positive in in term of salary increase as 47% of questioned employee see their salary
increase in 2013 in interval between 3-6% and further 13,5% more than 6% increase. In total we can assume
that increase of salary by 3% and more expect over 60% of employees.
9. Candidates are positive and ambitious to get salary increase by new employer. 37% of them expect increase
of salary up to 10% and over 31% of respondents would asked increase by 10%+ of their current salary. Over
14% of respondents expect salary decrease what can be caused by their rather senior role in regions.
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