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Study: Romania and Japan are world champions for the deficit of talents on the workforce market
* Handicraftsmen,engineers and drivers are the hardest to find
In Romania,81% of the employers face difficulties to occupy the vacant positions,according to the edition of 2018 of the Study Manpower Group regarding the Deficit of Talents, survey where a representative sample of 625 employers answered. Our country is second in the world as regards the share of employers who face talent deficit,being surpassed by Japan only,where 89% of the employers have problems with occupying the vacant positions.
At global level,the share of employers affected by the deficit of talents is 45%,the highest in the history of 12 years of the global study.
The difficulty to occupy the vacant positions is more extended than in the past,the share of the Romanian employers who have such difficulty being with 9 percentage points over the reported one in the 2016/2017 edition of the study regarding talent deficit.Last year, 72%of the Romanian employers said that they are affected by this deficit.
According to the study, the extension of the difficulties varies depending on the dimension of the organisation,9 out of 10 big organisations being affected, with over 250 employees (91%) and only 67% of the micro-organisations, namely organisations with fewer than 10 employees.
‘Not only the share of the affected employers is higher than in the past by surpassing all values reported in the 10 years of study in Romania( 2008 – 2010) but also the level of difficulty in occupying the positions is increased.36% of the employers showing that it is harder to hire than in2016 and 56% considering that the degree of difficulty is similar. Only 6% consider that it is easier to find people than in the past’ the authors of the study say.
According to the employers,the main causes for the difficulties are the insufficient number of available candidates on the market (41%) the lack of professional specific knowledge ( the so-called hard skills -22%) and the lack of necessary experience for the position (16%). Only 15%of the employers say that financial expectations of the candidates are higher than the offer.
As in the past, the handicraftsmen (especially electricians, welders and mechanics) and engineers ( especially chemical engineers,civil engineers and mechanic engineers) occupy the first two places in the top of positions for which it is hard to find the necessary personnel.They are followed, in the top of deficits, by drivers,especially truck drivers, courier drivers,public transport and machine-tools operators. Fourth and fifth are the sales representatives and IT personnel, especially experts in cyber security, network administrators and technical support personnel. At the top appears for the first time the medical personnel (9th on the list of difficulties)both doctors and nurses, and other positions’ mention the authors of the study. Harder to find are the different types of professionals such as researchers, project managers or lawyers (seventh) as well as managers and directors (eighth).
The majority of the work places for which the demand is increasing needs a medium level of specialisation and education, post- secondary school but not necessarily higher education’ the authors of the analysis say.
The study ManpowerGroup regarding the Deficit of Talents,the most ample global research of this kind regarding the human capital was made by the interviewing of 39,195 employers from 43 countries and territories. The analysis of the data was made by the company Reputation Leaders.