la créme Salary Guide 2011

Karen O’Flaherty, Chief Operations Officer Premier Group talks about this years nationwide salary guide.

The permanent jobs market for office support positions remained reasonably flat in the first half of 2010, with cautious hiring beginning to be seen in the second half of the year.Many employees will have seen their salaries remain stable or slightly decrease over a two year period.

While companies are showing some appetite to hire into support services, the increased cost of such hires is being closely scrutinised and the value add of these employees to the company’s bottom line needs to be clearly demonstrated before an offer is made. Typically, salaries on offer are 10% below 2008 levels.

Sales professionals who can demonstrate a strong employment history in their CV and a clear understanding of where they can add value to an organisation will be most sought after amongst employers.

HR saw a small uplift in hiring throughout 2010 compared to the previous year.  Companies are starting to reconsider the role of the HR professional in the business - in previous years this function was the object of cost cutting programmes.

The marked increase in temporary hiring in 2009 continued into 2010 with a small year-on-year increase in the number of temporary employees being offered permanent roles at the end of an assignment.

Temporary staff who can demonstrate their positive contribution to the business are best placed to be hired on a permanent basis if the current level of cautious optimism continues throughout 2011 within the office support jobs market.

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