Increasing need for headhunter in Vietnam

Thanks to economic recovery in the first three months of 2015, recruitment situation in Vietnam is increasingly potential. More and more employers are looking for talents in Vietnam; however, Vietnam labor market cannot provide enough the number of experienced employees. That leads to the importance of headhunter in Vietnam. 

Headhunter in Vietnam and candidates

The demand for highly qualified labor is expected to increase in the quarter II and III of 2015. As usual, coming after a long Lunar New Year holiday is a noticeable transfer of senior staffs between enterprises. More than 80% senior staffs are believed to observe and search market for job opportunity in other companies in the beginning of quarter II.  That brings many things for professional headhunter in Vietnam to do at this period of time when the competition between candidates is becoming higher and higher. Not only do they observe the market and position themselves, senior candidates but also collaborate with skilled headhunter in Vietnam to seek for timely support when approaching the positions that they want. That’s the reason why both candidate and headhunter in Vietnam should equip themselves with the best tools to draw employers’ attraction.

Headhunter in Vietnam and businesses

The employment comprising replacement recruitment is promoted because of the increase in investment and the expansion of business size. Before the quarter III and quarter IV is the time when most companies focus on business and manufacturing process, so they carry out their recruitment. To succeed in employing a qualified candidate as soon as possible, they can use many methods and using a headhunter in Vietnam is one of the unavoidable ways. Headhunter’s support can bring many benefits to business. First, employers don’t have to waste their time and they can cut costs when seeking a candidate. Next, a professional headhunter in Vietnam usually has a broad and diverse pool of candidates, so they can recognize who is the best choice after studying job requirements and client’s enterprise culture carefully. Last but not least, headhunter in Vietnam can convince candidates effectively with their negotiation skills when businesses’ brands are not strong enough to attract candidates.

Headhunting market situation in Vietnam

Even though more than 300 headhunting companies and thousands people involving in this filed, the shortage of qualified labor force still happens. According to a study on enterprises considered as “HR Best Practice” in ASEAN, we need 1 head hunter every 100 workers. However, the supply still doesn’t meet the demand. It’s not easy to become a qualified headhunter in Vietnam when they not only meets strict requirements of language skill, specialty and profession but also faces tough challenges when approaching candidates.  Moreover, headhunter in Vietnam are under a lot of pressure until they complete searching for the best candidates. Those difficulties can make a young head hunter quit his/her job after a short time if he/she can’t find a way to overcome.