7 Hiring Challenges Companies Are Facing
2022 has presented unique challenges for many companies looking to hire following the height of the pandemic. Hiring the best available candidates isn’t as straightforward as it once was. Although some challenges can easily be overcome, some are holding companies back from making it to the next level. Some of the most wide-facing hiring challenges we find companies are facing the most include:
Knowing What The Company Needs
Identifying your company’s needs is the first and foremost priority every company looking to grow should tackle. It’s easy to look at your competitors and follow their model, but your company is unique in the problems and challenges it faces on a daily basis. It’s critical that you have a good understanding of your deficiencies within each department so you can make the right hiring decisions from the beginning.
Finding The Right Culture Fit
Company culture is critical to the success and effectiveness of your staff’s day to day operations. The culture directly affects things like employee morale, retention, and the quality of work. It’s important that any candidates you interview have the same mindset and can understand the vision you’ve put in place. Otherwise, you could find new hires clashing with your existing workforce, or leaving altogether.
Candidates Grew Comfortable In WFH Environments
If your team works primarily in an office environment, you may find prospective candidates uninterested in joining your team. Many candidates grew to really enjoy the work from home lifestyle and the flexibility it offered throughout each work week. To be competitive in the hiring space, you may need to consider moving to a hybrid work schedule, or offer benefits that can’t be found from working at home.
Multi-Generation Teams
A truly fascinating dilemma many companies are facing are having teams of employees from various generations. The difference in thought process, execution, and values across different generations can lead to lowered productivity throughout projects and employees are unable to mesh.
Lack of Candidates And An Abundance Of Positions
One of the biggest hiring challenges companies face today, as we continue to navigate a candidate-driven hiring market. Prospective hires have various options available at their disposal thanks to the availability of digital hiring platforms. With access to remote jobs states or countries away, they’re not geographically tied down to any one area. This has forced many companies to bend to get the candidates they need. With generational talents still to be found, it’s essential that companies look to external sources to assist in finding them.
Experience Shortage
As the older generations continue to make their way out of the workforce, there’s an impending wave of latter-year Millennials and Generation Z candidates making their way into the hiring marketplace. With them comes a lack of experience, as many are just exiting their university studies. Many companies that are looking to grow don’t have time to train on top of their day to day expectations, leaving them in a less-than-ideal position.
Skill Shortage
Coupled with the experience shortage is an experience shortage. As the way we do certain tasks changes and evolves with the advent of new technologies, strategies, and concepts, so do the skills required to take advantage of them. New candidates entering the workforce are still working to gain the needed skills, while older candidates are unlikely to be successful in adopting the new technology, or even open to doing so.
Each of these hiring challenges can significantly impact the way you look to hire new employees, however you don’t have to be hindered by them. GL Staffing’s staffing experts have the tools, experience, and knowledge necessary to place the right person in the right position time and time again. With decades of staffing experience under our belt, we’re confident we can get your company past whatever hiring challenge it may be facing. Contact us today either online or give us a call at (954) 973-8350.