Top Australian staffing trends for 2015In an evolving recruitment landscape, the most successful staffing agencies are agile and responsive to the latest trends.

Here’s how to get ahead of Australia’s top staffing trends for 2015.

Hiring volumes and budgets continue to rise. The lay of the land

Percentage of clients predicting an increase

Competitive threats abound.Firms are most concerned about their competitors:

Most professionals consider themselves passive candidates – only 19% are super passive and not open to opportunities at all.

Top 3 staffing trends 1. Social professional networks have grown over 4 years to become the #1 source of quality hires for staffing firms in Australia.

Traditional sources like internet job boards are declining.

19% Superpassive

22% Active

59% Passive

2. Most firms agree in principle on the importance of building their brand – now their actions are catching up.

61% My company has a brand strategy.

48% Those responsible for our brand have enough resources to do it well.

Get ahead of this trendCreate a proactive brand strategy. Then track your progress.

Only 35% regularly measure the health of their brand.

3. Online professional networks have become the top channel for promoting a firm’s brand.

Traditional sources like company websites are declining.

Brand is a top priority for our organisation

India

SE Asia

Australia

Canada

UK

My company has a brand strategy

Asia-Pacific leads the world in prioritising and acting on talent brand. But Australia has some catching up to do.

Download 2015 Australia Staffing Trends Report to find out more about the trends that will shape the industry in the next decade.

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Learning to usesocial mediamore effectively

Buildingstrong talentpipelines

Improvingthe clientexperience

Get ahead of this trend Tap into social professional networks for quality placements.

Get ahead of this trend Take a leaf out of the marketing book and invest more time and resources in your ‘talent brand’.

Against this backdrop, what trends are shaping the staffing industry in Australia?

60% Social professional networks

55% Internet job boards

33% Company CRM system 4%

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