Should I look for a summer job

After the holidays, many are switching to a new job. But to find a replacement is not easy. Potential employees are willing to accept employers' proposal only after a rest yourself. And the vacuum is created in the labor market.

all the more obvious items are displaced from recruiting companies Every year, the concept of "summer lull" and "seasonal decline." "Two years ago we tried to test the hypothesis that the processes of the summer associated with employment, in recession. It turned out that there were no seasonal dips not, the level of demand for personnel is approximately the same as at any other time, except perhaps the New Year holidays ", - says head of marketing recruitment company" Anchor "Elena Klekovkina.

"The needs of the companies, as a rule, are not tied to the season - said Senior Consultant recruiting company" TRIZ-exclusive "Anton Frolov. - However, many experts on employment offers meet the summer, they are ready to consider them, but only beginning in September. " According to him, in the summer to find experts more difficult: they all want to was done on holidays, and then reflect on the new proposals.

"All personnel managers complain that candidates for vacancies opened just there in the summer. People relax. It may therefore be that the job in the summer will give the best results ", - says director of marketing of the recruiting agency" Contact "Tatiana Ananiev. According to her, the holiday season is associated also with the season layoffs. After the holidays, many move on to another job. Going to rest, they already know exactly what will come to work in another company. But the potential candidates for the vacant post is also not going to sacrifice their vacations. And the labor market formed a kind of vacuum.

"Summer - one of the most favorable periods for the job search - the director of Human Resources of the" Alpha Insurance "Catherine Assumption. - holiday period exacerbates problems with understaffed state, forcing recruiters to intensify its activities. So that the opinion of the summer as a "dead season" for job search - an illusion. "

Summer employment has another big plus. According to recruiters, summer employee easier to adapt to the new location. At this time, the pressure from the leadership of smaller and new projects are just getting ready to start. In addition, according to Catherine of the Assumption, in the summer time, many companies are all kinds of corporate events (teambuilding, days of sports and recreation, and so on. P.), Which allow beginners to quickly get used to a new team.

True, summer employment has its pitfalls. "We can say that in the summer of business processes do not stop, but inhibited. Therefore, those who are looking for work in the holiday season, you need to be prepared for the fact that the decision on the closure of vacancies will be taken slowly, "- says partner recruitment company Marksman Inna Sumatohin. the recruitment process may be delayed, because in companies looking for staff, key employees, too, can go on vacation. And then the applicant would have to wait until a job comes out first one, then another future boss.