Recruitment prospects in the financial services industry are better than they were a year ago, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).
Almost two-thirds - 60%- of survey respondents, who all work in the financial services industry, said they were confident their firms will swell staff numbers in the coming year.
A total of 43% expect staffing at their company will rise by as much as 5%.
Almost a tenth - 9% - expect an additional 6-10% added to the workforce, and 8% forecast staff levels will rise by more than 11% over the next year.
However, four out of 10 practitioners are forecasting either a freeze or decline in the level of employment at their company. CISI chief executive Simon Culhane says: "This provides further evidence that the worst is over for the industry but that we are in for a slow climb out of recession."
Author: Laura Miller
04 Nov 2009
