The March issue of Water Well Journal® covers a critical topic in the groundwater industry — recruiting its next generation of workers. In “Recruitment Trends in 2019”, featured columnist Alexandra Walsh provides a list of trends that small businesses may want to focus on to meet recruitment challenges this year.
According to Walsh, a growing number of owners are reporting an inability to fill some jobs. Statistically, 47 percent of owners report open positions in construction and 38 percent report open positions in manufacturing. Likewise, 60 percent report hiring or trying to hire, but 87 percent of those hiring report few or no qualified applicants.
With unemployment under 4 percent in the first quarter of 2019, companies may need to get creative about sourcing qualified candidates. They may not find that perfect candidate — but high-potential candidates make excellent hires, as long as they’re trainable.
Walsh concludes by writing it’s past time to realize business recruiting practices must be modernized if one hopes to attract and hire the present generation of job candidates.
Read this column and others at WaterWellJournal.com.