One in Three Employers Worldwide Cannot Find Qualified Talent

(From PRNewswire) – ManpowerGroup today released the results of its seventh annual Talent Shortage Survey, which explains the world’s ongoing talent shortage crisis—in which one in three employers (34%) globally are reporting difficulty in filling jobs due to lack of available talent. This year’s data reveals the crisis’ deeper impact as 56% of employers now indicate that unfilled positions are expected to have little or no impact on constituents, such as customers and investors, a considerable increase from 36% in 2011.

Among the most common reasons employers say they can’t fill roles is simply a lack of applicants, an increase from 24% last year to 33% in 2012. An equal percentage named “lack of technical competencies/hard skills”—in particular the lack of industry-specific qualifications in both professional and skilled trades categories—up from 22% in 2011.

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