Fewer Skilled Workers Worries CEOs
From: Inc.com
Among other barriers to growth, a majority of private-company CEOs are worried about a dearth of qualified employees, a recent survey found.Out of more than 100 CEOs polled, 64 percent said they were somewhat or extremely concerned about the availability of skilled workers, while over half said they have taken steps to boost recruiting and job retention efforts, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Corra believes this comes under the category, good help is hard to find. Is it ever. Ask anyone. And then there is the chicken and the egg question. There is always a chicken and the egg question. In this case is it that many companies are simply making so many demands on their labor, cutting corners, forcing unpaid overtime, downsizing, etc. that it has forced a decline in the work ethic? Or is it that the drop in the work ethic has caused a lack of productivity and companies have been forced to trim, etc?
This is not a question to be easily answered. Not here, and not now. Because, no matter what the answer, at the end of the day we are still left with the dismal reality that good help is hard to find. Even with the poor showing in the job market for July, good help, really competent employees, are still going to be hard to find.
Corra can’t help you find them. But Corra can help you weed out the good ones from the bad, once you actually find them. In this world you have to be crazy not to have a thorough background screening program in place. You are being penny wise and dollar foolish when you don’t run background checks.
With governments cracking down on undocumented workers, it is a must to run a Social Security Trace as well as a criminal report. When you are searching for top of the line workers, employment and education verification can come in handy as well. Because once you find them, you have to make sure they really are who they say they are.
So check them out before you hire.
