{"id":360,"date":"2006-10-12T11:30:59","date_gmt":"2006-10-12T16:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=360"},"modified":"2006-10-12T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2006-10-12T16:30:08","slug":"recruiting-challenges-of-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/recruiting-challenges-of-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting Challenges of 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I have said before, I am a sucker for statistics so I was drawn in to this comparison of 2005 to 2006 recruiting challenges companies are facing in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workforce.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Workforce Management&#8217;s<\/a> recent newsletter. It is a survey of 1,000 hiring managers conducted by Robert Half International\/CareerBuilder.com. Here are the stats:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Recruiting Challenges -Percentage of hiring managers reporting primary cause behind the challenge in finding qualified workers for their firm.<br \/>\n                                                                   <strong>2005<\/strong>             <strong>2006<\/strong><br \/>\nShortage of qualified workers                           47%              52%<br \/>\nLow recruitment budget                                     6%               5%<br \/>\nInability to offer competitive compensation         20%              21%<br \/>\nInability to offer career advancement                 10%               8%<br \/>\nIneffective recruitment tools                               4%               4%<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I have said before, I am a sucker for statistics so I was drawn in to this comparison of 2005 to 2006 recruiting challenges companies are facing in Workforce Management&#8217;s recent newsletter. It is a survey of 1,000 hiring managers conducted by Robert Half International\/CareerBuilder.com. Here are the stats: Recruiting Challenges -Percentage of hiring managers reporting primary cause behind the challenge in finding qualified workers for their firm. 2005 2006 Shortage of qualified workers 47% 52% Low recruitment budget 6% 5% Inability to offer competitive compensation 20% 21% Inability to offer career advancement 10% 8% Ineffective recruitment tools 4% 4%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-5O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1311,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/11\/candidates-are-negotiating-offers\/","url_meta":{"origin":360,"position":0},"title":"Candidates Are Negotiating Offers","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"November 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"No surprise here but the Career News is reporting that candidates are negotiating for higher starting salaries in this current market (emphasis mine):\u00a0 Job candidates are more apt to ask for higher starting salaries this coming year, and companies may have to up the ante to attract them. 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