There has been a gradual but definite change in the hiring practices of companies in the last ten years. Functional leadership positions are on the rise and industry specific experience is on the decline. Companies are becoming more concerned with the bottom line figure and downsizing is the tool that assists with curtailing a out of control operating cost. The trend is to focus all resources on the product or service that increases the capital flow and contract those resources that reside in non-capital generating areas.
As companies aim to build, retain market share and grow effectively, positions such as marketing , sales and general management are in great demand. Due to the continuous flow of contingency staffing, fully staffed human resource departments are becoming more popular. MCN has listed nine job functions that we predict will be in demand for 1996. Most of these job functions are industry independent and require that the applicants have good basic transferable skills.
1996 Job Functions
MCN Staff