Where the Placements Are (and the Job Orders . . . and the Candidates)
It’s July . . . which means it’s hot as blazes. And it also means that the second quarter of 2011 has come to a close.
As usual, we’ve compiled our statistics for the second quarter in Top Echelon Network, and we’d like to share some of those statistics in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. That’s because Preferred Member recruiters are always interested in those statistics, specifically where the placements, job orders, and candidates are.
And those are exactly the numbers that I’ll be addressing in this blog post. A chart with all of that information is located below.
|
Major Disciplines |
Placements |
Job Orders |
Candidates |
| 00 Accounting |
5.2% |
4.0% |
8.3% |
| 05 Finance and Banking |
0.6% |
2.1% |
4.0% |
| 10 Engineering |
16.7% |
14.8% |
22.7% |
| 15 Scientific |
5.7% |
4.1% |
3.4% |
| 20 IT/Information Systems/Data Processing |
20.7% |
9.5% |
11.5% |
| 25 Industry and Manufacturing |
20.1% |
11.7% |
27.4% |
| 30 Sales and Marketing |
12.1% |
6.8% |
21.9% |
| 35 Insurance |
0.0% |
1.9% |
1.9% |
| 40 Technology & Technologists |
1.1% |
2.7% |
5.4% |
| 45 Personnel and Human Resources |
2.3% |
1.6% |
5.9% |
| 50 Construction |
0.6% |
1.5% |
3.6% |
| 55 Real Estate |
0.0% |
0.2% |
0.4% |
| 60 Health Care |
10.9% |
18.5% |
7.4% |
| 65 Service |
0.0% |
6.0% |
2.0% |
| 70 Retail |
0.6% |
1.6% |
1.7% |
| 99 Miscellaneous |
3.4% |
1.6% |
8.0% |
As you can see, there are a handful of core disciplines within the Network that account for the majority of the split placements being made. Those disciplines include the following:
- IT/Information Systems/Data Processing—20.7%
- Industry & Manufacturing—20.1%
- Engineering—16.7%
- Sales & Marketing—12.1%
- Healthcare—10.9%
What’s interesting is that Industry & Manufacturing has been supplanted by IT in terms of percentage of placements. For quite a while, Industry & Manufacturing reigned supreme, but has now been bumped to the number-two spot. And what about job orders? Where are they (primarily) in the Network? Those numbers are as follows:
- Healthcare—18.5%
- Engineering—14.8%
- Industry & Manufacturing—11.7%
- IT/Information Systems/Data Processing—9.5%
While Healthcare doesn’t account for one quarter or one third of the job orders in the Network (as it once did), it still represents the highest percentage in the system. In addition, Engineering and Industry & Manufacturing are a solid second and third, respectively.
Last but not least, where are the candidates in Top Echelon Network, at least the majority of candidates? We have plenty of answers in that area, as well:
- Industry & Manufacturing—27.4%
- Engineering—22.7%
- Sales & Marketing—21.9%
- IT/Information Systems/Data Processing—11.5%
The discipline that has the greatest need? Again, it’s Healthcare, with 7.4% of the candidates and 18.5% of the job orders. Looking at the other disciplines in terms of both job orders and candidates, it’s not surprising that these are the disciplines in which recruiters are making split placements.
And that’s the bottom line: recruiters ARE making split placements in Top Echelon Network. They’re making them every day, and the recruiters who stand the best chance of making them are those who submit their job orders and their candidates into the system. Remember, you’re 100% guaranteed to NOT make any split placements on the information that you don’t submit to the Network.
If you have any questions about these statistics or about how you can make more split placements as a Preferred Member of Top Echelon Network, be sure to contact us.
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