Basic Typology of Employer Challenges
Submitted by tcoxen@skilledw... on Fri, 08/07/2009 - 11:28
General Challenges
Some challenges that all employers face: | Some challenges that small and medium-sized employers face: | Some challenges that larger employers face: |
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Workforce-Related Challenges
Recruitment and Retention
- Difficulty recruiting or retaining entry-level employees
- High turnover among critical positions
- High cost of recruitment and on-boarding
- The aging workforce and imminent retirement of a large segment of incumbent workers
- Lack of sufficient post-employment supports for entry-level workers that enable them to retain their jobs
Skills
- Skill gaps – in both technical and soft skills, for both entry level and incumbent workers
- Flexibility/ adaptibility of workers to adapt to new technology/ new products needed that ensure competitiveness and high productivity
Training
- Shortage of training slots or lack of shortage of qualified instructors at local education and training institutions
- Elimination of vocational training programs
- Training programs that don’t provide workers with right skills
- Limited budget to devote to on-the-job or other training
- Limited time and capacity by trainees to overcome basic skills deficits as well as gain new occupation-specific skills
Other Challenges
- Workers with ESL needs or limited literacy
- Workers needing childcare or transportation supports
- Lack of human resource capacity to manage recruitment and retention, particular for smaller businesses.
- Public perception about the industry that impacts recruitment
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