Skills shortage
Companies see applicants clearly on the longer lever
Only one ninth HR manager believes that they are in the attitude process in the stronger negotiating position. The shortage of skilled workers strikes the job cuts in the concerns of the companies.
There was yesterday’s tremor before the HR manager: currently eight of nine personnel managers see the applicant on the longer lever or the power in the hiring process at least distributed. Specifically, 49 percent of those surveyed in a current survey by IFO Institute and the personnel service provider Randstad say that applicants have the stronger negotiation position. 40 percent see power distributed immediately. The company, on the other hand, sees only 11 percent in the stronger position.
Depending on the economic sector, there are differences – the position of employees is even stronger in retail, a little weaker for services – but the tendency in favor of the applicants is clearly through. The same applies to a look at the company sizes: Small companies see the applicant more advantageous than large ones, but in every category the employee usually remains an advantage.
“The lack of qualified staff is also evident in the application process. Employees currently have more negotiating power,” explains IFO researcher Jonas Hennrich. Even if the job cuts are often reported, the companies are still plagued by the work and skilled workers. Asked which topic is currently more relevant to your own personnel planning, 52 opted for the lack of work and skilled workers, only 9 for job cuts.
Vocational training sought more than a university degree
Workers with completed vocational training are currently particularly sought. 77 percent of companies feel a very or rather strong deficiency here. This is followed by skilled workers, masters and similar degrees with 58 percent before school leavers and trainees with 51 percent. In contrast, only 47 percent feel a lack of people with a technical or university degree. Only auxiliary workers with 22 percent come up with even lower value.
638 HR managers were interviewed for the survey in the second quarter. The answers were weighted based on industry affiliation and the size of the responding company.
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Source: Stern
