2021 Job Seekers - This is Where the Current Opportunities Are

Posted by Clayton Recruitment on 2nd May 2021 -

At Clayton Recruitment, we have been providing expert recruitment and career planning services to candidates like you for over 30 years.  

This year, due to the widespread upheaval of coronavirus, we have changed the way we are now helping candidates.  

We talk to candidates daily about the challenges they are currently faced with as they look for new opportunities and new niches to work in after the pandemic.  

Job seekers who have been looking for a new role this year will have had to face the issue of looking for a new position during a pandemic, and for many people, this hasn’t been easy. 

But we are now seeing positive changes in the job market. Data from the Staffing Industry Analysts show that job vacancies each week are increasing, with hiring in some areas back to pre-Covid levels. 

The good news is we have identified two areas where we are focusing our efforts which are demonstrating the most significant growth and the best opportunities.  

If you are looking for a new role, and you have sales and marketing knowledge or finance and accounting experience – or other excellent transferrable skills – today, we explain how we can help you. 

So, where are the biggest opportunities? Sales, marketing and accounting and utilising the many transferable skills you have. 

Let me start to explain more here. 

 

SALES AND MARKETING 

Suppose you are a candidate with sales and marketing experience, despite cuts to these departments in some sectors. In that case, there are plenty of opportunities in the industries which have been successful this year. 

Sales roles are essential in all industries, including retail, finance, and manufacturing – companies cannot grow next year without talented sales and marketing employees. 

In 2021 and beyond, sales and marketing, like many other areas of our lives, is going digital. Successful sales and marketing candidates will have a growth mindset and be continually looking to adopt new technologies to drive sales forwards, including CRM systems, data technology and A.I. 

Have you been working on building your digital skill for the ‘new normal’ since lockdown started? If you’ve got a growth mindset and are looking to build on your digital sales and marketing skills in a new role – we want to hear from you.  

If you are considering a new sales and marketing role, we can help you find a unique opportunity in the sectors which are booming, such as technology, retail and eCommerce, legal plus many more.  

Contact our team today to find out more about the current opportunities we have. 

 

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE 

Many candidates have put promotion or new job plans on hold this year, for understandable reasons. 

But what accounting and finance candidates should know is that looking for a new role right now is not risky; it is a smart strategy to work with a recruiter to take advantage of the current opportunities in the market. 

In early November 2020, the Chancellor set out the ambitious plan for the future of the U.K. financial service sector, with goals to extend its global leadership in green finance and financial technology. 

Even despite the pandemic and Brexit on the horizon, banking and financial service jobs remain stable. 

Accountancy has also been largely unaffected by the pandemic, with opportunities in affected sectors suffering, while roles are opening up in many other growth sectors like technology, online retail and construction. 

 

TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS 

If you haven’t got direct experience in sales and marketing, or accounting and finance, there are excellent transferrable skills which are valuable right now, which will help you stand out and secure a new role. 

Employers are on the lookout for talented candidates with the following transferrable skills: 

• Tech skills such as confidence using digital communications, digital project management and social media management. 
• Business strategy skills – you may not have direct experience working in a finance department or a sales role. Still, if you have leadership experience where you have contributed to developing a business strategy, this is a transferrable skill which employers value highly. 
• Commercial awareness – for most businesses, 2021 is going to be about recovery and building back any shortfall from 2020. This means that they need employees with astute commercial awareness to create and drive revenue. 

Do you have transferrable skills that you know you could flex in a sales or marketing or an accounting and finance role? 

We’ve got opportunities for talented candidates, get in touch with our team today to discuss your options. 

 

WORKING WITH CLAYTON TO FIND A NEW ROLE 

We are using our three decades of successful experience to help candidates find new roles in an increasingly challenging jobs market. 

If you have struggled to find roles which excite you or that fit into your ultimate career plan, we can help. 

With extensive previous experience recruiting in both Sales, Marketing, Accounting and Finance, we are committed to focusing on these sectors as this is where we know we can help candidates the most. 

If you are looking for a new role in these sectors, we can help – get in touch today.