Across the board it seems that the job market is picking up in Europe though some of the gaps are surprisingly original; sheep shearers and ballet dancers for Britain, judo teachers for Spain, goldsmiths for Holland and forestry experts for the Canary Isles.
In Britain the government will set a new permanent immigration quota next year, promising to dramatically cut levels of migration but business leaders warn the cap will cause shortages in many industries where skilled professionals are in short supply.
Louise de Winter, director of Britain’s National Campaign for the Arts, said dance companies and orchestras would suffer if the new limits stopped them from snapping up the best available talent.
Vanessa Rossi, an analyst at London’s Chatham House think tank said Europe is suffering from its failure to train enough young people in specialist sectors, including skilled medical workers, engineers for infrastructure projects and areas such as nuclear power plant construction.
The market for senior executive jobs also, currently, has many pockets of strength. In a recent interview in The Times, one London head hunter commented that far from the economy seeming directionless the opposite seems to be true with global business heads hiring people and investing strongly. At the same time the enforcement and financial crime department of the FSA is hiring 30 senior lawyers and investigators to enable them to mount more criminal prosecutions against those who breach city regulations.
Carmichael Fisher has two offices in Europe located in London and Hamburg. Visit the website at www.carmichaelfisher.com to find contact details or email europe@carmichaelfisher.com
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