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title: Roles in Engineering Top the List for Slowest-to-Hire
description: The Waiting Game Roles in the Project Management, Research, and Engineering fields are top of the list for slowest-to-hire, with a median time to hire of 47-49 days. The quickest to fill? Roles in customer service, accounting, auditing, and administration with a median time to hire of 33-37 days. Staffing Firms Forecast Double Digit Annual Revenue Growth Per the “State of the Staffing Nation” report from Sense, over 50% of staffing firms expect between 10% and 30% annual revenue growth in 2021 over 2020. A tiny 2.3% of firms expect no growth at all. Almost 20% (18.6%) expect revenue growth of over 40%. The report also found that 66% of firms named “time-to-fill” as the most important performance metric to watch over the next year. U.S. Jobless Claims Reach a New Low When looking at the week ended August 14, U.S. jobless claims hit a new pandemic low. Claims were down 29,000 to reach 348,000 […]
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# Roles in Engineering Top the List for Slowest-to-Hire

[ Erin Geiger ](https://blog.bountyjobs.com/author/erin-geiger) :  August 19, 2021

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## The Waiting Game

Roles in the Project Management, Research, and Engineering fields are top of the list for [slowest-to-hire](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-you-wait-49-days-why-getting-hired-takes-so-long-george-anders/), with a median time to hire of 47-49 days. The quickest to fill? Roles in customer service, accounting, auditing, and administration with a median time to hire of 33-37 days.

## Staffing Firms Forecast Double Digit Annual Revenue Growth

Per the “[State of the Staffing Nation](https://www2.staffingindustry.com/Editorial/Daily-News/Majority-of-staffing-firms-expect-2021-revenue-growth-of-between-10-and-30-58772)” report from Sense, over 50% of staffing firms expect between 10% and 30% annual revenue growth in 2021 over 2020. A tiny 2.3% of firms expect no growth at all. Almost 20% (18.6%) expect revenue growth of over 40%. The report also found that 66% of firms named “time-to-fill” as the most important performance metric to watch over the next year.

## U.S. Jobless Claims Reach a New Low

When looking at the week ended August 14, U.S. [jobless claims](https://www2.staffingindustry.com/Editorial/Daily-News/Jobless-claims-hit-new-pandemic-low-CNBC-58768) hit a new pandemic low. Claims were down 29,000 to reach 348,000 (down from 365,000) the week prior.

## Part-Time Job = Full-Time Flexibility

Jobs with part-time and flexible hours are up 60% year over year with almost 2 million jobs available. The [analysis](https://www2.staffingindustry.com/Editorial/Daily-News/Part-time-jobs-with-flexible-hours-up-60-this-year-58755) by PeopleReady found that parents benefit from this increase.

Some of the most in-demand part-time jobs with flexible hours include:

- Retail associates
- Warehouse team members
- Personal shoppers
- Inventory associates
- Servers
- Hosts/hostesses

## It’s All About Balance

Creative professionals value work-life [balance](https://www2.staffingindustry.com/Editorial/Daily-News/Work-life-balance-tops-list-of-what-creative-professionals-seek-in-a-job-58754) over most other aspect of a job, with 75% listing it at the top of their list when looking for a new job (data from Cella). A whopping 90% are wanting to work remotely at least part of the time and listed remote work as the most-desired perk. Almost half (40%) are thinking of leaving their current company and 51% stated they would snap up the first opportunity they had to make a lateral move. Poor leadership and management and toxic environments topped the list of concerns surrounding their current roles.

Per a report by [FlexJobs](https://www2.staffingindustry.com/Editorial/Daily-News/68-would-consider-changing-careers-only-5-currently-happy-in-their-profession-58725), about 70% of workers would think about switching career tracks with another 19% willing to change careers for an “amazing opportunity” with better work-life balance and increased pay. A paltry 5% stated they are currently happy in their profession.

## Nurses Fielding 5-Digit Hiring Bonuses

In some areas, nurses are being offered hiring [bonuses](https://www.inquirer.com/business/health/nurses-shortage-pay-increases-temple-tower-chop-main-line-health-20210815.html) up to $20,000. The hope is that increasing the pay will increase retention in this tight labor market. Over the last 18 months, one hospital has spent $8.5 million on pay raises to keep nurses on staff.

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