Manpow

erGroup Talent S

hortage Survey 2015

Survey R

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anpow

ergroup.com

.au/research2015 Talent Shortage SurveyAustralia

In Australia ManpowerGroup spoke to more than 1,500 employers across all states and territories to look at the extent to which they are having difficulty finding the right talent and what jobs are most difficult to fill.

IMPACT ON THE ORGANISATION

Reduced ability to serve clients46%

Reduced competitiveness/productivity33%

Lower employee engagement/morale23%

Increased employee turnover

20% Reduced innovation and creativity

19%

Higher compensation costs17%

1

Engineers

2

SalesRepresentatives

3

Technicians

4 5

Labourers

7 8

Drivers

9

Management/Executives

6 10

TOP 10 JOBS EMPLOYERS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY FILLING

Accounting & Finance Staff

Skilled Trades

IT Staff Secretaries, PAs,Receptionists,

Administrative Assistants& Office Support

42%

59%

OF EMPLOYERS REPORTDIFFICULTY FILLING JOBS

Increase of 1 percentage points

Ranking number 19 globally

OF EMPLOYERS EXPERIENCING A TALENT SHORTAGE SAY THIS HAS A MEDIUM OR HIGH IMPACT ON THEIR ABILITY TO MEET CLIENT NEEDS

Increase of 3 percentage points

Peru

68% 65% 61%Japan

83%

1 2 3 4

Brazil

61%

5

India

58%

7

57%

8

54%

9

Greece

59%

6

52%

10

TOP 10 COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DIFFICULTY FILLING JOBS

Hong Kong

Taiwan Mexico

Romania

Turkey

HOW ARE EMPLOYERS RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE OF THE TALENT SHORTAGE?

35%

25%

16%

12%

Adopting non-traditional People Practices (e.g. additional training, enhancing benefits, increasing starting salaries, providing clear career development)

Exploring new Talent Sources (e.g. outside local region, country, younger, older workers, partnering with educational institutions, teachable fit)

Not pursuing any strategies at present

Implementing alternative Work Models (e.g. improve talent pipeline, integrating contingent workers, more flexible work arrangements, virtual work options)

Lack of available applicants/no applicants

Technical Competencies (Hard Skills)

Lack of experience

Workplace Competencies (Soft Skills)

Undesirable geographic destination

Looking for more pay than is offered

Lack of applicants willing to work on a 'part-time' or 'contingent' basis

REASONS FOR DIFFICULTY FILLING JOBS

34%

25%

14%

11%

9%

3%

33%