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future of work, The Great Resignation
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Ignite Global is a leader in hiring, motivating and retaining top talent with management capability employee engagement, productivity and retention candidate.
future of work, The Great Resignation
9600 Great Hills Trail, Suite 150W Austin TX 78759
Ignite Global is a leader in hiring, motivating and retaining top talent with management capability employee engagement, productivity and retention candidate.
future of work, The Great Resignation
9600 Great Hills Trail, Suite 150W Austin TX 78759
As I mentioned in yesterdayโs post, I am currently fielding 2 questions from clients in Australia and the US about the skills shortage.
The firstโฆ
Now that the borders are open in Australia how long will it be before our skills shortage abates?โ
I answered this yesterday.
Iโll address the second question today.
The upcoming US recession will surely help the skills shortage (and put realign candidatesโ expectations), right?โ
To answer this we need to go back in time. Youโve undoubtedly heard the term โThe War for Talentโ but do you know where that came from? It was a report from McKinsey & Company about the upcoming global skills shortage โ written in 1997!!!
So the skills shortage is a challenge that weโve seen coming for a very very long time. Korn Ferry (by memory but it may have been Manpower, donโt quote me on the source but the numbers are accurate) wrote in 2014(ish) that by 2025 we were expecting a global skills shortage of up to 85 million people (and 20 million wonโt have the right skills to be employed as technology changes the shape of our roles.
So, if the US (and/or the rest of the world) goes into recession will the skills shortage go away? Maybe โ in certain industries โ for a period of time.
But this is part of a larger, global trend that is due to declining birth rates, the declining workforce participation rates (in some countries) and the reshaping of roles due to technology, as I mentioned above.
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In 2009 CEO and founder Kim Seeling Smith started Ignite Global after deciding that instead of being paid to put bums in seats (working as a recruiter for the 15 years prior to that) she wanted to help More
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โ The process itself (again, even if they donโt get the job)
โ The company/brand (turn all candidates (successful or not) into raving fans
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I loved this article about the things companies get wrong when writing job descriptions. I only disagree with their first point. A long job description/job ad isnโt necessarily a bad thing. Iโve helped clients write very lengthy but VERY compelling job descriptions that vividly describes the company culture and values, outlines what the prospective candidate can achieve in the role and what they need to bring to the table (innate abilities and strengths) to be successful.
Read More: https://www.igniteglobal.com/2022/05/7-things-companies-get-wrong-when-writing-job-descriptions/
Are you looking for cutting-edge strategies to Propel your organization into the future? Are you looking for speakers for your next event who can both wow and educate?
Please join me (virtually or in person in Sydney), along with Dee Madigan from The Gruen Transfer, Dr Kristy Goodwin and my dear friend and MC extraordinaire, Warwick Merry CSP, CVP.
cutting-edge strategies to Propel your organization into the future
Iโm going to be unpacking 9 Keys to Avoid the Great Resignation (reverse engineered from over 5,000 exit interviews)โฆand unveiling some new (and dare I say a bit controversial) insights around this model.
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