Online aviation job portal JSfirm.com has released the results of its 6th annual hiring trends survey and the results are looking promising. “This year’s results show that our industry is continuing to trend in the right direction,” said company manager Jeff Richards. “There will be more hiring in 2015 than in any of the past six years.”
Of the 342 aviation companies surveyed, nearly 80 percent reported they are anticipating moderate to significant growth over the coming year, and 92 percent indicated they will be adding staff. Six percent of those companies expected to add more than 100 employees each.
Based on the results of the survey, the second quarter of the year is expected to be the busiest in terms of hiring, with skilled maintenance technicians making up the most in-demand need. Nearly one-third of the respondents, noted that lack of experience is the biggest challenge they face in finding qualified aviation talent, followed by the location of the job and candidate pay expectations. Over the past year, 72 percent of the companies surveyed reported they did not cut any jobs (a 4 percent increase over 2013), while 55 percent said they had a staff attrition rate of less than 5 percent.
