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With unemployment rates at an all time low, employers are coming under increasing pressure to attract, recruit and retain appropriate staff - enter the optimistic, confident and ambitious Generation Y.

Generation Y are career focused and know what they ideally want to achieve, in fact, a recent survey found that career was rated as the most important thing for the future, prioritised over health and other factors in their lives.

Candidates often receive more than one job offer when hunting for employment, making the competition for staff much stronger and leaving employers with a challenge to fill vacancies.

Managing Director of recruitment specialist Walker Technical Consultants, David Walker said that the skills shortage dominating the employment market calls for the need to understand tomorrow’s generation in order to take advantage of their developing skills.

“Generation Y know about the skills shortage development and realise that they have more options in the job market, giving them increased leverage in terms of benefits and work environment.”

“They will research your company and form their own opinions, so it is crucial that the messages you are sending out are positive,” Mr Walker said.

Statistics have shown that 72% of Generation Y will not apply for a role within an organisation if they do not believe in what it stands for and 42% would not accept a job if it did not provide perks.

“Recruitment agencies are as busy as ever working for both candidates and employers in order to match up the perfect employee with the perfect job and ultimately satisfy all parties involved,” he said.

Walker Technical Consultants hold alliances with accredited training programs to ensure the mentoring and development of candidates and address the skills shortage in the employment market.