Workplace Challenges

Manpower survey

Twenty-six per cent of Canadian employers are having difficulty filling permanent professional positions due to a lack of available talent, which is threatening growth plans. Twenty-four per cent of employers are paying higher wages for the same positions compared to the previous year due to talent shortages, according to a Manpower Professional Survey released yesterday.

SUN WIRE SERVICES
[ 2006-10-25 ]

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Manpower surveyed nearly 32,000 employers across 26 countries in July and August, including 960 in Canada, to determine the availability of suitable permanent professional candidates in the marketplace and the impact of available talent on wage inflation.

The survey shows that employers are most struggling to find qualified professional staff in the Atlantic region where 38% indicated that they would have hired more permanent professional staff.

In Quebec 51% of employers reported that they are paying more for the same job compared to one year ago.

Only 23% of Ontario employers reported they would have made additional hires if suitable talent were available.


"As these trends grow stronger in the coming years, the companies with the strongest employer brands will be the big winners because they will be able to attract and retain top talent more easily than those who have been slower to adapt," said Lori Rogers, v-p of operations for Manpower Canada.

The Canadian results compare favourably to the worldwide average, as globally, 29% of employers would have hired more permanent professional staff in the last six months if they could have found qualified professional talent, and 25% indicated that talent shortages are causing them to pay higher wages.

"These results build on the findings of Manpower's Talent Shortage Survey undertaken earlier this year, which revealed that many of the hardest to fill positions globally were professional roles, such as accountants, IT programmers and developers, management and executives, and experienced sales representatives," said Jeffrey A. Joerres, chairman and CEO of Manpower Inc.



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