2014: There's plenty to be encouraged by if you're a job seeker. I've usually been rather cynical about recruiters spouting next year will be better, as often there's nothing more underpinning it than plain old hope this year will be better. But business confidence is up in the recent CBA Future Business Index - that's a good sign. Indeed the index is at an all time high point. Admittedly the index is only 3.5 years old but nonetheless. Our business is also rather busy given the time of year (Jan/Feb is historically a flatspot in recruitment land - too many hiring managers away through January) and the recruiters we are speaking to have similar stories.
As much as these signs bode well for the year ahead, we still sit at 5.8% unemployment,so don't expect the phone to be going nuts or salaries to be on the march for a while yet. I'm still quite amazed how much easier it is to find quality, experienced people when unemployment sits at or close to 6% as compared to 5%, and we'll have to whittle that 5.8% down before the market hits top gear.
And that means it will remain nigh on impossible to secure a move AND a step up with a salary increase at the same time. That kind of thing only happens at the top of the market.
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