You Search & Select has announced the launch of the 2023
Annual Event Industry Salary Survey.
The 2023 survey will build on the data collected in the 2022
survey to show how the industry, its employers and employee needs have evolved
in the last year. The survey collects data to give the whole industry insight into salary expectations, benefits, ways of working and work
life balance. It also assesses how important mental health programmes and other
factors are to job seekers.
Robert
Kenward, Fitability® Recruiter at You Search & Select and survey founder, said: “The inaugural 2022 survey was a huge undertaking but gave us all
credible data on salaries, working patterns and how the industry is faring.
This year, we’ve added a few new questions and tweaked some too to reflect the
changing environment, but we will be able to compare data across the two years
to reveal trends, growth areas and how the needs of the industry are evolving.
The survey data is crucial to the progression and development of our industry
and I urge everyone to get involved, to encourage your teams, colleagues,
suppliers, and industry friends to complete it for the benefit of all.”
The survey is produced by You Search & Select, in association with Cvent, DRPG and You Exclusive, and supported by the Meetings Industry Association.
“Cvent
sees the importance of supporting different event industry salary surveys -
from a recruitment perspective through to established roles within
organisations, everyone is important," said Felicia Asiedu, senior marketing manager Europe, Cvent.
"This survey serves as a pivotal tool in
providing valuable insights into salary expectations, benefits and the
importance of wellbeing for job seekers within our industry. The survey's data
is key to help foster sustainable growth and establish industry benchmarks. It
empowers employers to make informed decisions about competitive salaries and
conducive working arrangements, thereby enabling them to attract and retain the
best talent. Additionally, the data from the survey can be utilised to bridge
disparities in diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) as well as aligning
employer offerings with candidate aspirations. I encourage active participation
from all stakeholders to respond to the survey, as the results will continue to
provide a comprehensive understanding of employment in the events sector,
ultimately paving the way for a stronger future."
Dale
Parmenter, CEO of DRPG, said: "While the results from the previous survey
were a significant milestone, I am eagerly anticipating the data we gather this
year and encourage as many to get involved as possible. It will enable us to
identify more precise patterns, discrepancies, and areas that necessitate
further discussion as a collective. Having more data to accurately depict the
current state of the careers will be instrumental in building a stronger and
more resilient industry for the future."
Kerrin
MacPhie, chief executive of the Meetings Industry Association said: “The
business meetings and events industry is experiencing both staffing challenges
and skills shortages. It’s a key challenge that we’ve been tracking in our own
quarterly mia Insights report as well as supporting with our education
programme and our newly launched Student Membership. Business meetings and
events offers a diverse range of opportunities and needs to be positioned as a
career of choice. This deep dive into salaries is an important data gathering
exercise as it will aid further understanding of current employee expectations,
benefits and wellbeing across the industry. It will highlight issues and
opportunities that can be actioned to ensure we are positioned as an attractive
industry of choice.”
Will
Grashoff, MD of You Exclusive, said: “I’m incredibly excited to see
the results of the salary survey this year. Working at the coal face of
recruitment we have seen a huge swing back to base salaries being the biggest
driver for moving roles. In the last couple of years we had job security and
then hybrid work setup being the primary drivers, but since the cost of living
increases we have seen a jump back to needing to achieve certain salary
triggers in order to move. I do expect to see average salaries across the board
to have increased”.
The
survey comprises of 28 easy to complete multiple choice questions and takes 12
minutes to complete. It can be found at You Search & Select.
The
closing date to complete the survey is Friday 1 September. The
findings will be published in November and will be available to download as a
white paper.
