I know, I know, you're tired of me not so subtlety hinting that you should let us handle your staffing, but seriously...you should. Bloomberg Press agrees with us on that. In fact they even recently dedicated a whole article to the struggle to find good caliber staffing for open positions. The Washington Post is in on the scope too. They also have an article from June discussing the exact same dilemma.
Unemployment is currently around 9.1%. With a rate that high it would seem that filling that accounting position you've had open would be easy, but that's just not the case. Business owners and HR professionals are forking over thousands on advertising open positions only to be inundated with resumes of unqualified candidates. The big question is why can't we find anyone to fill these positions?
Simply put it is because there is a mismatch between jobs and skills. In the worlds of academia & politics this mismatch is referred to as structural unemployment. This is a problem that exists across the board. Companies are not finding the level of talent that their positions require for entry level or higher end positions. Adding to the mismatch is the fact that more than 40% of the employed population has been out of work for 27 weeks or more. Their absence from the workforce not only makes them less marketable, but also contributes to the erosion of their skill set.
The founder of Begal Enterprises, Inc was a contributing voice to a panel of a half a dozen entrepreneurs who where questioned regarding their recruitment experiences. In his opinion despite the fact that the "pool" of potential candidates has gotten deeper the caliber has decreased. He and the other panelists said some candidates lack the "right set of skills" which others do not meet the "most basis of qualifications" such as proper spelling on their resumes. That in mind their opinion was that the "top talent search" is equally, if not more, challenging than it was prior to the recession.
Divya Gugnani, a New York employer, says that of five openings she presently has, only one has been filled. She has received more than 1,000 applications. In her opinion, getting the right people is "brutal" like "finding a needle in a haystack."
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