Over 80 per cent of recruiters expect their agencies’ revenues to increase in 2013 .Forty-five per cent of recruiters claimed their organisations met their revenue goals in 2012, while 30 per cent claimed they’d exceeded them – interestingly 34 per cent of firms whose employees used cloud recruitment technology exceeded their 2012 revenue goals. Out of those that didn’t use the cloud, only 23 per cent exceeded the same yearly goals. Of those that expect their agency’s revenue to increase this year, almost half believe it will rise by more than 25 per cent compared to last year’s totals.
On a personal level, 80 per cent of the recruiters surveyed expect their total yearly remuneration to increase in 2013 compared to 2012, with 58 per cent claiming they’d experienced a rise in remuneration in 2012 from 2011. Salary expectations also look promising with the largest percentage of respondents (34 per cent) expecting to earn between £40,000 and £75,000 this year.