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Are NAPA Net Readers Hiring?

Odds are you are either in, or soon will be in, the budgeting process for 2017 – so what’s the hiring picture look like for NAPA Net readers in the months ahead?

Most of this week’s respondents have hired new staff this year – in fact, all but about one-in-five (22%) say that they have hired staff, though a minority indicated that those hires were replacements, rather than a brand new hire. Moreover, a clear majority – nearly 71% – plan to hire new staff in the remaining months of 2016 as well, though a plurality of those look to be replacement hires.

The trend looks to be carrying through to 2017, with nearly 6 in 10 hiring, and about a third of those indicating an intention for new hires.

As for the positions being sought, support staff tops the list, with just under two-thirds of this week’s respondents (62.5%) indicating those positions. Advisors were also on that hire list, of course, cited by 25% of this week’s respondents, with the remaining 12.5% looking to bring both advisors and support staff on board.

That hiring will take place via a variety of channels, including:

37.5% - Networking
27.7% - Recruiters/headhunters
14.2% - Local colleges/Internet post
12.8% - Online job boards
7.8% - All of the above

With those hiring plans in mind, one might well wonder about the strength of respondents’ business. Well, a plurality of respondents (44%) said business was “OK.” On the other hand, a third said business was “good” and another 1 in 10 (11%) characterized it as “booming.” The remainder described it as “growing.”

On a somewhat related note, a recent Careerbuilder survey chronicled 13 unusual things that job seekers have done to get hired:

1. Candidate had a priest contact the hiring manager and ask for candidate to be hired.
2. Candidate bought a first class upgrade to sit next to hiring manager on a transatlantic flight.
3. During the month of October, candidate came dressed in a costume for Halloween.
4. Candidate’s wife made homemade lavender soap bars for the hiring manager as a thank you for taking the time to interview the candidate.
5. Candidate asked hiring manager to share an ice cream cone.
6. Candidate sent a pair of embroidered socks with a note saying he would knock the company’s socks off if hired.
7. Candidate showed up in his camp counselor attire with some of the children from the camp he worked for to show his leadership capabilities.
8. Candidate sent a shoe with a flower in it as a thank you after the interview. The note said: “Trying to get my foot in the door.”
9. Candidate mailed hiring manager money in an envelope.
10. Candidate arrived to interview in a white limousine, an hour early, dressed in a three-piece suit. The open position was middle-wage and had a required dress code of khakis, company button-down and black shoes.
11. Candidate kissed hiring manager.
12. Candidate gave hiring manager a book on a subject he knew candidate manager enjoyed.
13. Candidate wore a tie that had the name of the company he was interviewing with on it.

Here’s hoping everyone who’s looking to hire – or be hired – finds what they are looking for! Thanks to everyone who participated in this week’s NAPA Net weekly reader poll.

Got something you’d like to run by the readership? Want to know what’s on people’s minds? Post your question in the comments below, or email me at [email protected].

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