Short Term Focus Blind to Coming Shortages
Labor shortage? Look to next decade, experts say
-Randy Southerland, Atlanta Business Journal
While predictions of a labor shortage have produced considerable hand-wringing in the press, experts say that business and industry, who now have their pick of workers for the first time in years, are doing nothing to prepare for a return to 1990s-style shortages.“They can see the stats, but they don’‘t realize the impact. And even if they are starting to consider it, they say, ‘’We can’t worry about that now,’’ ” said Art Schoeck, president of Data Dome Inc., a work force evaluation and coaching firm. Many businesses, particularly publicly held companies, are focused on short-term profits and have largely avoided developing a recruiting policy that can attract workers in a tight labor market.
Almost three years later, we still don’t see significant changes in company policies. Sphere: Related Content