No Jobs! What cost?

No full time jobs. Those are the words I am hearing from some of the talent reps I am working with who search for talent to assist companies with their creative needs. They have the freelance jobs but not the full time jobs. These talent reps are very good at what they do and the services they provide. It is just the companies are holding back on hiring full time anything right now, especially in the creative field.

What is the real issue with the job search for graphic designers? And I am mostly speaking of those who worked  for that internal creative department servicing the company.

I see plenty of job listings on the various sites but see the same jobs I applied to at the beginning of the month reposted as if they were new jobs today. Does that help, reposting the position? Didn’t they see “my” resume? did they pass me by?

A colleague of mine suggested I do the same thing with my resume housed on Monster.com and Career Builder. Go into your posted resume make a minor change and upload the refreshed one. It will bring your resume to the top of the pool which could help when applying for jobs listed on these sites. 

Many companies are pairing down to save money and it appears one of the first to go is the internal creative talent. But there is still the internal need for that department or group. The many years of legacy files used every year for clients are now gone as the department is dismantled.

The Companies are asking employees to utilize a core group of outside agencies to get the work done. They work to streamline the pricing structure to get the best prices, but the employee still must pay premium costs to start the project from scratch; no legacy files to retrieve. Something that cost $100 to $200 internally would now cost the employee double, ultimately effecting their overal budget. 

Where is the savings in that? At least with the internal creative group the money was staying within the company. Wouldn’t it have been a better idea to keep a core of talent to continue the services? What cost?