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News Index || Archives || Search News :: <-Back | Latest news Index | Smart employers rush to bank talent Waiting for a job to be advertised may be a career-limiting move as employers increasingly grab people with the skills they want - even if it means creating a new position or keeping them on stand-by until the perfect role opens up. Gina Jardine, general manager of human resources at the technical and innovation arm of Rio Tinto, says a number of recruits to her global team are opportunitistic hires, taken on despite there being no previous job opening. "I'd never turn down someone who had really great skills and was hard to get in the marketplace," she says. The trend is not limited to the booming mining industry. Andrew Staite, managing director of executive recruitment firm Staite Henningsen Klein says: "Everyone from major banks to professional services firms and telcos are taking part in what we call the 'gold market' for recruits." The trend started at the senior end of the market because companies were in trouble if they were down a senior employee, but has spread to low level roles in some areas such as sales, Staite says. Law firms have also caught on as they struggle with international competition for talent. print News 29 Apr 2008 by Steve Mcleod The source of this news item was: AFR 1 February 2008.