According to a recent SHRM article,
…approximately 60% of the 3,100 human resource executives surveyed by Novations Group (a Boston-based consulting firm) said they see signs of a talent shortage, while nearly 10 percent said they have seen no shortage but expect to before the end of the decade. That leaves 30 percent that see no or few signs of the shortage. About 20 percent of respondents said they see no signs of a talent shortage but will remain cautious on new hiring in the year ahead and ten percent said they do not even anticipate a shortage of workers in the next decade.
More than half of those seeing signs of the shortage have already taken steps to update their selection process to compensate for their loss in talent. What precautions have you undertaken? I would encourage you to be amongst the people choosing to take a proactive approach in this war for talent. Don’t be left behind like the 30 percent in this survey by being passive when it comes to this issue. The baby-boomers are looking at retirement right around the corner.