It's Retail time

I blogged about trends in a recent entry, and how industry trends can be seen via the CVs sent to recruitment agencies such as ourselves.

I thought I might blog about the most recent trend, and welcome comments (click on comments below) as to what is brewing..

This week, IMM Recruitment in Jhb has received about 5 cvs from the Retail Industry. And by retail, let me narrow it down to furniture and associated products.

The first CV came from someone in a junior/mid level role from company A. I spotted it because there was no inherent reason for desiring to leave - not associate to pay or performance, that is.

The second candidate hailed from company B -same sector, but this time a National Sales Manager. The third from company C - a Marketing specialist for a competitor of one of the previous companies, and so it progressed into management within these two (of several) big boys. 

This is precisely the trend I was referring to in previous blog entries. Whilst 5 CVs may not be much to go on, I'd be willing to bet this is just the beginning, or the end as the case may be, of a restructuring process within this industry. Perhaps it is restructuring at the moment or perhaps it is looking at retrenchment? Perhaps it is just fine tuning its growth strategy.

I must say that these CVs are not the CVs of "dead weight" employees at all (if there exist such a thing), which leads me to think that maybe, just maybe, they know something we don't? I think I'll wait it out before I go furniture shopping anywhere right now.. perhaps there are new, exciting things in the pipeline? Or perhaps this industry has been hit really hard by consumer's shrinking purchasing power and the workforce has felt the pinch.. whatever it is, let us know!

If anyone out there is in the retail industry or knows someone who is and would like to share an opinion on what may/may not/ is currently happening, (anonymously or otherwise) I would truly welcome the opportunity to further research this recruitment VS industry trends hypothesis... if you'd like to submit an article about the trends you've observed (naturally you'd have to be in a position of some knowledge authority) then do so, and we'll blog it in!


Happy Job Hunting!