Congratulations to Lydia Morgan who won our April referral competition.  For her trouble Lydia has won £250 paid into a UK bank account of their choice.

This competition runs every month so start referring your friends to be in to win the May competition – each referral gives you one entry in the draw.

Check out The Terms and conditions

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The following people won $100 iTunes cards as spot prizes for attending our March seminars:

Melbourne – Emily Gunn

Sydney – Deb Udy

Auckland – Kirsti Twamley

Wellington – Matt Kekena

Congratulations to all our winners

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To better help job seekers moving between the Australian, New Zealand and United Kingdom job markets, we are expanding our London operations.

On 10 April 2012, we will be establishing a central service hub in London. This will enable us to work more closely with new arrivals to the United Kingdom. To support this structural change, we will be relocating our international consulting team from Wellington to London.  This means that people considering the move to the UK will be dealing with our team outside of your work hours – so expect calls in the evening when you are in New Zealand and Australia – rather than those akward during work conversations

We will continue to run our ‘Going to the UK’ seminars in New Zealand and Australia.  However in order to ensure we get all our ducks in a row, the March seminar series has been deferred until April.  According to our records you will have departed before the April seminars are held.   Your Global Advisor will call you to make sure you will be 100% Ready for your move to the UK.

We will continue to run our ‘Going to the UK’ seminars in New Zealand and Australia, so if you have not attended one or want a recap you register for the next seminars in April using link below:

Melbourne, Monday 16^th April 2012

Sydney, Tuesday 17^th April 2012

Auckland, Tuesday 24^th April 2012

Wellington, Thursday 26 April 2012

 

View KPMG/REC UK Markets Job Report – Feb ‘12 for the latest Market insight.

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February saw year-on-year growth in online recruitment for two-thirds of UK industry sectors, reveals the Monster Employment Index (MEI), which surveys a number of job boards and careers sites.

Click here to read more

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Job opportunities across the country rose more sharply in February than in January, with the Reed Job Index up 17 points, while salaries are back to the level of 23 months ago.

Click here to read more.

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If you have friends who are thinking about working in the UK, you can make it really easy for them to do so. Our free seminars will help ensure that they are well prepared to hit the ground running so they can go a lot further, a lot faster.

Simply tell your friend about our UK service (but probably not the ones who you’d prefer they stay at home!) For every person you refer that comes to a seminar this month, you will get an entry into a prize draw to win £250.

To see Global’s 100% UK ready Jobseeker referral programme: Terms and Conditions click here

For the seminars date click here 

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Whether you are heading to the UK for a short game or a long game being flexible will help you score more goals.

In the current competitive employment market, it’s important to find a way to stand out and become a sought after professional when you get off the plane. Being pro-active and prepared, and having a flexible approach toward the type of job, industry and location are all common traits that we see among jobseekers that land jobs quickly.  Having worked so hard to attract good talent, employers will often look to overcome any visa issues in an effort to retain it.

These highly regarded traits were common in the four professionals whose successes we share below:

• JETLEAGGED BUT IN DEMAND… Getting a job with in 48 hours of arrival … Read more
• KRAFTY WAY TO GIVE YOURSELF CHOICES … Secured a daily rate of £350 within a few weeks of arrival … Read more
• LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIP AND PERMANENT STAY?… Prove your worth to your employer … Read more

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IT’S OK.

Despite all of the economic and political woes in Europe and the United Kingdom over the past four years, a strengthening trend of growing demand for Australian and New Zealand professionals continues.

 

DEMAND REMAINS ABOVE LONG TERM AVERAGES, LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR

During a year dogged by growing concerns about the euro-zone debt crisis, the UK economy and what seemed like the future of the world in general, demand for Australian and New Zealand professionals in the United Kingdom finished the year pretty much at the same level as 2010 – 13% above the long term average.

The year started strongly with demand running more than 17% above long term averages, demand then dropped and fluctuated during the middle part of the year before recovering in the last couple of months of the year.

Given that most commentators would say 2011 was a far worse year than the previous in many respects, this was a strong result. We are not surprised.

We believe that ongoing and strong demand for Australian and New Zealand professionals in the United Kingdom is primarily driven by a growing scarcity as a result of the following factors:

• Numbers of Australia, New Zealand and South African migrants entering the United Kingdom to work have fallen nearly 40% from 2008 to 2010; from 42,560 to 25,640 respectively  (ref: Home Office Migration Stats – Sept 11).

• From 2008 to 2010, the numbers entering the United Kingdom on UK ancestry visas fell by more than 42%

• South Africans are no longer eligible for the Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme

• The Tier 1 (Highly Skilled Workers)  General Visa being abolished

 

So what are the likely prospects for Australian and New Zealand professionals in the United Kingdom in 2012?

Job outlook figures released in December 2011 by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) show that 81% of employers plan to either grow their  temporary workforce or keep it at existing levels. Of those businesses, 31% planned to increase the size of their temporary workforce in the short-term, compared with 22% at the same time last year.

In that sort of market, in a situation defined by strong demand and diminishing supply, if you’re an Australian or New Zealand professional heading to the United Kingdom…. IT’S ALRIGHT. YOU’LL BE OK.

 

SUMMARY ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATIONS

•  General market sentiment in the UK continues to be one of cautious and moderate growth in the private sector with staff cuts and wage freezes in the public sector

• Uncertainty continues in the financial services sector with little clarity expected to emerge over the next couple months

• Weakness in large banks, the traditional stamping ground for Australians and New Zealanders, is starting to be offset by stronger performance in commerce and industry

• Public sector remains weak – although this does not traditionally have a big impact on Australians and New Zealanders travelling to the UK

• Very strong demand for finance, accounting and banking professionals remains unchanged from 2010, although demand in this profession has now concentrated more on those that are able to demonstrate experience in commerce and industry, or with specialist skills.

• The strong rebound in the demand for human resources skills during the third quarter did not continue, and as a result, overall demand for the year tracked slightly ahead of the previous three years although down on 2010 levels

• Demand for legal professionals remains steady, slightly ahead of levels of the previous three years, while marketing and communications continues to perform strongly

ABOUT GLOBAL CAREER LINK

Global is an international career portal that has helped over 20,000 job seekers find jobs in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom over the past 11 years.

As well as helping people find jobs, Global shares insights into market trends and market intelligence with job seekers, employers and recruitment consultancies.

 

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

• UK Market Demand Ratio = total number of job seekers accepted for interview / (total accepted for interview + total not accepted for interview)

• Average UK Market Demand Ratio of 70% is calculated between January 2008 and December 2010

• 97% of Global job seekers originate from Australia and New Zealand

USE OF INFORMATION & MEDIA CONTACTS

Global Career Link retains proprietary rights to research material published. Material is provided for general information only. For further information, or consent to use or reproduce any material published, please contact:

Deb Brown

General Manager

Global Career Link, UK

dbrown@globalcareerlink.com

++ 44 207 562-7925

++ 44 7775 907-985

Download  >> Global Insight – UK Market Demand Monitor – Dec 11 <<

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Permanent Market Update – January 2012

Commerce and Industry – Temporary & Contract Market January 2012 Update

Financial Services – Temporary & Contract Market January 2012 Update

Click here to read more about Global relationship with Walker Hamil

 

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23 December 2011 – Normal hours

24  December 2011 –2 January 2012 - All Offices Closed

3  January 2012 –  London Office reopens

4 January 2012 – Auckland & Wellington (Incl Australia) Offices reopen

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