While 72% of local employers said they were experiencing similar difficulty filling positions when compared to last year, 7% said they were experiencing increased difficulty and 17% said they were experiencing less difficulty.
2016/ 2016/2017 2017 TALENT TALENT SHORTAGE SHORTAGE SURVEY SURVEY
Globally, employers report the HIGHEST TALENT SHORTAGE since 2007 40%
41%
31%
30%
31%
34%
34%
35%
36%
38%
40% • 40% of employers globally are having difficulty filling positions • A two percent increase since 2015
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The HARDEST SKILLS to find
Lack of available applicants and hard skills are the top reasons employers can’t fill positions
Skilled Trades (electricians, carpenters, welders, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons and more)
IT Staff
3 Engineers
19%
4
6 7
(senior and board level managers)
Office Support Staff
Looking for more pay than is offered
(bookkeepers, certified accountants and financial analysts)
Production/ Machine Operations
10
(operators of special machinery)
11% 1
more than previous year same as previous year less than previous year
Lack of soft skills (workplace competencies)
17 69%
66% 1
72%
1
73%
1
86%
1
Countries where employers are
14%
Accounting & Finance Staff
8 9
(secretaries, PAs, receptionists and administrative assistants)
Lack of experience
1
Management/ Executives
19%
(production, operations or maintenance technicians)
Drivers (truck, lorry, heavy goods, delivery, heavy equipment and construction drivers)
(technical competencies)
Technicians 5
Lack of hard skills
1
Sales Representatives (sales executives, sales advisors and retail sales people)
Lack of available applicants/ no applicants
1
(mechanical, electrical and civil engineers)
24%
2
1
(developers, and programmers, database administrators and IT leaders and managers)
2016
WHY employers say it’s HARD TO FILL positions
For the fifth consecutive year, Skilled Trades positions are the hardest to fill globally; IT roles jumped seven places to second position
1
2015