Overseas recruitment on the rise

The proportion of employees recruited into UK organisations from abroad is on the rise, with some 42% of UK employers increasing their overseas recruitment over the past year, according to new research.

This is among the findings of the latest Recruitment Confidence Index (RCI), conducted by Cranfield School of Management and the Daily Telegraph, in association with Personnel Today. Only 4% of respondents said that recruitment from outside the UK had decreased.

Employers are most likely to recruit overseas to combat skills shortages. The availability of technical and language skills represent the most frequently cited reasons for recruiting non-UK employees. Elsewhere, 86% of the respondents who did not recruit overseas said that this was because they were able to find the required skills within the UK.

  • Overseas recruitment is on the rise    Personnel Today looks at the key findings of the research.

  • Recruitment Confidence Index   The official RCI website provides further information on the research.

    Also

    UK employers see benefits of recruiting from overseas    Personnel Today looks at further RCI findings.

    One world for recruiters   Continuing skills shortages, an ageing population and the recent accession of 10 new countries to the EU have all contributed to the increasing popularity of overseas recruitment. Rachel Suff reports in IRS Employment Review.

    How to attract jobseekers from the EU accession states    By Liz Hall, writing in Personnel Today.

    Sourcing labour from Eastern Europe   By Nic Paton, writing on personneltoday.com.

    Key issues to consider when recruiting overseas   Includes links to a wide range of useful material published to XpertHR.

    How to employ foreign nationals   Practical guidance from XpertHR's How to service.