Companies are looking for well-qualified employees, but they are raising their wage demands

By: Trademagazin Date: 2024. 12. 05. 11:48

Employers are more optimistic about their outlook for 2025, but are cautious about their staffing plans for now. Their biggest challenge at the moment is finding professionally suitable candidates who fit into the company culture, while also having to cope with the high salary demands of applicants, according to an analysis by Profession.hu.

In a three-stage research series, Profession.hu assessed the expectations and plans of domestic companies in the field of human resource management for next year, and published the results in the publication HR Overview. The research results revealed that more than a third of respondents (38%) follow a pre-developed and defined, comprehensive strategy instead of ad hoc operations. More than half of the companies operating in the country (58%) deal specifically with staffing planning, and follow an established, fixed recruitment and selection process (70%).

On what basis is someone considered a suitable candidate?

Employers looking for a new colleague judge applicants as suitable or unsuitable based on their experience, salary requirements and education compared to expectations. The primary consideration is the experience required for the given job (this was indicated by 75% of companies for intellectual positions, while 64% for manual positions), followed by salary requirements (54% and 49%).

The education required for the job and its quality are considered fundamental considerations by 56% of advertisers for intellectual positions and 45% for manual positions. Interestingly, education has lost its importance in the case of intellectual positions since last year.

Currently, the primary challenge for employers is that applicants often ignore the expectations stated in the advertisement and apply for the position without meeting them; This is particularly common in the case of language skills and/or professional skills – mentioned by a quarter of respondents.

The majority of employers (57%) consider the salary requirements indicated by employees to be too high. However, job seekers are reluctant to compromise on salary, as this is the most important thing for them when looking for a job, and they look for information about it primarily in advertisements. Despite this, 13% of companies share information about salary in all job advertisements, and another 31% only occasionally, for certain positions.