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No end in sight to employers' resourcing problems

HR Prospects survey, part 4

Recruitment and retention continue to be major priorities for employers, but efforts to combat their continuing difficulties in these areas are often cautious and limited.


Key points

  • Employers' earlier optimism that 2002 would ease their recruitment and retention difficulties was misplaced; their expectations for 2003 are more cautious as a result.

  • Skills shortages and uncomfortably high levels of resignations are still prevalent.

  • However, affected employers tend to limit their attempts to manage these problems to just two or three of the wide range of possible measures.