Recruitment jobs going international

Therefore people who were willing to move around would indeed find work.

Now we can define skill shortages across countries and indeed continents. Advances in technology have changed recruitment practices and enabled recruiters to capitalise on new opportunities to make fees through moving people across countries and continents alike.

In the UK one prominent example has been the shortage of Doctors and Nurses within the NHS, with nursing shortages increasingly being filled with qualified staff from overseas. For the building trade there are huge shortages of builders and tradesmen and now an abundance of incoming tradesman from Eastern Europe. A tradesman from Russia may be able to make his annual salary in just two months in the UK, even working at rates significantly below UK workers.

This is politically controversial with many UK tradesman complaining that European workers are putting them out of business. Unfortunately, this is a natural side effect of European Union and trends which will only grow as the dynamics of markets adjust to new boundaries. The real winners here will be those who embrace the changes and see them for the opportunity they present.

I frequently fly to Ireland. Having been served coffee for years by Irsih stewards and hostesses it's rather odd to be greeted by Eastern Europeans in the traditional green of the Emerald Isle. However, once one budget Airline introduces staff at 'European prices' this will necessitate others to follow to stay competitive.

There are now huge opportunities for recruitment agencies within the UK willing to seek skill shortages either at home or abroad. As pioneering companies in markets gain their competitive advantage through recruiting skilled workers from overseas, so the rest of their markets will have to follow suit in order to keep pace.

The Internet has already made international recruitment agencies jobs a straight forward affair. My prediction is that recruitment agencies will increasingly have to embrace the international factor if they are to keep up within their sectors.