Two-thirds of human resources professionals say they have extensive or moderate plans for hiring this year, according to the 2012 Allied Workforce Mobility Survey conducted by Allied Van Lines.
Respondents from large companies with more than 10,000 employees report an even higher number as 80 percent instead to conduct extensive or moderate recruiting.
The survey also finds that relocation is not a main issue. In fact, only 6 percent of respondents say the work force is not willing to relocate while most say it is highly mobile or somewhat mobile. Another 59 percent of respondents say the current economic context has had no impact on their ability to recruit and hire.
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However, there are still recruiting challenges, including high unemployment and a soft real estate market, and not all respondents are ready. Only 52 percent of respondents say their recruiting programs are somewhat successful, and even the highly successful recruiting programs fail to bring on one in four choice candidates while respondents in the bottom quartile lose approximately one in two.
The survey also reveals that recruiting incentives, such as benefits, are not as strong as they could be. Twenty-seven percent of respondents rank their health care plans a five on a scale of one to five with five being the strongest and one being the weakest. Other incentives are ranked even lower. Relocation packages could also be strong in some areas, such as spousal employment support, which is only offered by 2 percent of respondents.
Seventy-two percent of respondents provide four of 10 possible relocation benefits listed in the survey, and 69 percent of respondents say selling a home restricts relocation while only 16 percent of respondents offer any type of reimbursement for old home losses.
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