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You've Got To Move It, Move It

Guest post by: G.J. Miller

Article Overview: While it is true there are a lot of people looking for employment, employers need to consider that this works against them if they are slow to act. In the last month, I have lost 3 candidates who were very interested in the job but because someone else was faster in presenting an offer of employment they were gone. In this economy, people are less interested in finding the 'perfect' job and more interested in paying the bills. You might have a great company and be a super manager but "You’ve got to move it, move it..."

You've Got To Move It, Move It

Every year since 2006, there has been an article in our newsletter about trends as they relate to people and skills available for hire. Topics have ranged from Immigrant and global labour pools as the new resource for people, to the impact of the exit of the boomers from the labour market. We have talked about shifts in the labour market and reviewed statistical data, we have provided information from pundits, suggestions and hopefully, food for thought.

Yet I find myself amazed, frustrated and even angry on a regular basis because by some indications, it seems there are still employers that don't get it. Please remember, I said "some", because there are those that are open minded and adjusting to the real world. But it actually frightens me when I realize that many are still rolling along assuming status quo...expecting someone else to pull it out of the hat for them and still worse, politicians and government employees that are ignoring these issues.

And away we go....

Managers' Expectations have not changed

What we are finding is that managers' expectations, in many cases, are not changing. Based on chats with recruiters and HR folks inside organizations, I know it's not just TPF experiencing this frustration.

Some managers still believe that because they have an opening and there are lots of people out of work, a candidate should be in place in less than two weeks. In rare cases, this may be true, but in most it's not that easy for all of the reasons we have been talking about for four years now. Some folks are just hard to find – and sometimes, even if they have the technical skills, they have an attitude that annoys everyone around them.

I would also add, that while it is true there are a lot of people looking for employment, employers need to consider that this works against them if they are slow to act. In the last month, I have lost 3 candidates who were very interested in the job but because someone else was faster in presenting an offer of employment they were gone. In this economy, people are less interested in finding the 'perfect' job and more interested in paying the bills. You might have a great company and be a super manager but "You’ve got to move it, move it..."

Government and Associations are not moving fast enough

In Canada, particularly Ontario, there is a shortage of Doctors, Engineers, Trades - I could go on. At the same time, we have physicians driving taxi simply because they were educated in another country. I understand the need to verify their education and expertise, for obvious reasons, but people are lined up for health care, and we still require these people to go through our education system before they can practice. A very talented and experienced HR colleague of mine emigrated to Canada from Korea and has to deliver the Canada Post because he has as yet not been able to gain employment in his field. This isn’t going to fix itself.

So called experts speak

And people believe them. OK, some politicians are believable but most... A few weeks ago I was reading an on line article from an Australian publication. It seems a leader of the opposition party there is proposing cash incentives to employers who hire older workers. It’s believed this could help employers and over 900,000 people between 50 and 65 return to the workforce. The plan, designed to overcome "ageism" (there’s a new one), is effective July 2011 and would be evaluated after three years.

Now here is a politician (bureaucrat) finally doing something right - right? Heck, there's a shortage of skills, the average reproduction rate is down, vast resources exist in the boomer and third world populations - seems like an excellent idea to me.

Well according to an 'ageing workforce specialist' (another new one), it’s not. "We welcome anything that stimulates employers to think differently about hiring older workers," she said. "But the plan could backfire. Who wants to be in a group where you only get a job if your employer gets a handout? It could come across as a bit patronizing."

P- L E A S E...for years taxes have been going toward back to work programs and new graduate placement programs, where these so called handouts went to employers if they would hire people from a certain group or with a specified skill. I'll tell you what is patronizing - the fact that this expert would think employers couldn't use the help and that any worker, in this economy, would find it offensive.

What's the moral of the story?

I have no idea but I feel better already! Seriously... Managers and HR people need to start looking at the candidate pool and interpreting these trends in terms of how we can make it work for everyone. Open up a candidate pool for employers by giving them incentives to hire boomers! Remove the barriers to legal immigrants that can contribute immediately in their new country! And please, please, recognize that it takes a bit of time to find the BEST candidate possible and you, as an employer, have some responsibility in the whole process.

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