A recent study has found that the average commute to work is 54 minutes. The average commute!
The research, carried out by Randstad UK, reported that the typical worker loses a staggering 11 weeks per year travelling to and from their place of work. This time, in monetary terms, represents a loss to their annual income of £5,722, and that’s not counting the actual cost of all those public transport journeys, or what one would spend on petrol getting from A to B twice a day.
Commuting can also have an impact on our health and wellbeing. According to another survey, which focused on people’s health and happiness: “Forty per cent of people who commute for more than three hours per day ‘experience worry’ for much of the day. In contrast, only 28% of people with commutes of less than ten minutes are regularly worried.”
Time to worry is detrimental enough, but were you aware of how dangerous commuting can be? The same wellbeing survey found that commuters in the UK, on average, risk serious injury 32 times each week. As a result, 1.7m people have needed time off work after getting hurt; the most common risks being road injuries from not looking when crossing the street, eating whilst walking, and jumping on and off public transport before doors properly open or close.
Skills gaps and a search for top talent contributed to a 5% rise in the amount of UK relocations last year. For candidates, renting in the area where they work can often prove a more cost-efficient solution, and, of course, affords less unproductive downtime due to a quicker commute. Relocation can prove big business for recruiters, particularly those with a wealth of knowledge on their local area, something of huge value to those moving there.
Internal migration’s on the rise, and so are relocations across the globe. There’s a term that’s been coined for this movement of talent: global mobility.
Many agencies are focusing on their approach and services in this regard, to help candidates find and adjust to new environments. Recruitment agencies have been instrumental in the introduction of global mobility to smaller companies; outsourcing is many times more cost-effective than installing their own internal global, or UK-wide, mobility department.
Agencies that can help make relocations/transitions smooth for candidates will have an edge over their competitors. This means demonstrating a solid knowledge of an area’s schools, leisure pursuits available, a city’s cultural offerings, and much more.
Matching the right candidate to the right job takes on an extra dimension if recruiters have the whole world to pick from.
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