Hiring Surge for HR Professionals?

It makes sense and a number of organizations are observing it.

Retained search for HR executives is up as CEO's and Boards take closer looks at the issues generated by the recession and try to figure out how to wrestle with them. Increased demands for recruiters, benefits experts and compensation specialists also are being experienced.

As recovery continues at a slow, cautious pace the pressures that have built up during the recession are beginning to surface and be realized as the serious problems they will lead to if not addressed and soon.

The need for HR professionals with strong business acumen will be a must because the impact they are expected to deliver for companies will have to be at the front end of strategy development and planning if their organizations are to succeed.

Retention of top talent and the attraction of employees with new technology skills will be critical. Compensation approaches that meet the demands of a variety of employment arrangements as well as drive and reinforce the desired contributions from everyone will be a must. Viable solutions to the continually developing and increasingly complex health care issues will require strategic HR, delivered with an acute understanding of business impact.

Businesses have been running very lean but these challenges are not going away and investments in effective HR talent to help deal with them appears to be getting started.

Soon, however, it will be too late for some companies who are just contemplating taking these steps because soon our focus will be fully devoted to growing again. Once that starts "talent churn" will add its insult to injury as employees' options to move to other employers increase.

We have been supporting businesses throughout Northern California for more than 20 years, in and out of economies and job markets like we are experiencing today and we present a number of options you may want to consider.

If you are in need of professional HR expertise — that is where we come in. Direct-hire placements of HR professionals, contract-to-hire alternatives or interim HR talent for defined periods of time are but a few of the HR staffing requirements we have fulfilled for clients, including large-scale project teams to augment or backfill their staffs during technology introductions or systems upgrades.

If you remember only one thing - when you are planning to supplement or expand your HR capabilities, need temporary assistance getting work done while you plan, run a critical project or conduct a search for talent — contact us. We can be helpful in a variety of ways.

In the meantime visit us at www.merithr.com or see other suggestions of how we might be of assistance.

Best Regards,

Rod

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