Companies complain of acquiring employees. It’s not just about money

According to the latest of the “Barometer of Labor Market”, almost half (49.8 percent) of companies in Poland had difficulties recruiting employees recently. It is by 12 percentage points more than a year ago. 42.7 percent did not have such difficulties. companies, by 10.6 percentage points less than last year.

The difficulties relate to all levels of positions, but the biggest challenge turns out to be managerial positions. – Companies are increasingly encountering barriers at the very beginning of the recruitment process – the expectations of candidates are growing, and competence adaptation remains a challenge – comments Paweł Prociak, managing director of the excavation of Executive Search.

– Noteworthy is also a clear increase in difficulties in recruiting high -level staff. Currently, companies are looking not only for efficient managers, but real leaders who are able to inspire and effectively lead teams in difficult market conditions. People who combine experience with openness to changes are particularly sought after to build relationships based on trust and partnership – he adds.

Problems with recruitment of employees. The main reasons

The largest barriers to filling vacancies are too high financial expectations of candidates (41.3 percent of the organization indicated them), as well as the mismatch of competences (35 percent). The withdrawal of candidates is also becoming a growing problem. Every third company (32.7 percent) is currently meeting with this situation.

The reasons for recruitment difficulties vary depending on the industry. For example, in transport and logistics, the biggest challenge is the resignation of candidates during recruitment and a shortage of appropriate competences (45 and 41 % respectively). On the other hand, in industry, the financial expectations of candidates (36 percent), and in trade and services too high financial expectations (45 and 40 % respectively). On the other hand, the public sector usually indicates a discrepancy between the payroll expectations of the candidates and the financial capabilities of companies (62 percent).