Worker shortages

It’s hard to believe that there some companies that have a hard time filling positions in this economy. Unemployment has been high for several years and it doesn’t look like that will change anytime soon so you wouldn’t think that finding workers would be that much of a problem. And the problem isn’t just in the United States it’s all over the world. Every year Manpower conducts a global survey to determine the degree of talent shortage. This year was quite surprising.


Why are there worker shortages?

It basically comes down to skills and experience for the right employment fields. Unfortunately the folks who are unemployed usually don’t have the right skills or experience to fill the vacant jobs of some employers. Certainly education and training can help but getting experience, as most folks know, is tricky since most employers wouldn’t hire someone that doesn’t have any experience, they want someone to fit in immediately into a job position. It is an old dilemma for job seekers.

What jobs need workers?

According to manpower the number one employment shortage is finding technicians which has lead the list for the past four years, followed by sales representative and skilled workers. South and North America are the leading regions of needed employees.

How to fix all this?

If there was an easy fix to this problem it would have be done years ago. Everyone knows that some jobs are difficult to fill and they probably also know that education and training would greatly reduce the talent shortage. The problem of lack of experience is probably the biggest problem and the hardest to deal with especially if companies don’t hire people right out of school.

Hopefully in the near future education will be directed to fill employment gaps and employers will give inexperienced workers a shot.

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