"Employers cannot find good people to hire". WHY is this true? WHY is this False?

Question

I am researching the theory that the third-party recruiting industry has destroyed the potential of our other industries and our population.

Please choose a side, or not, and answer one or both questions.

Answer 1

Here’s my whole meandering ramble about this having come from a temp agency, worked contract jobs and on-staff positions.

True, employers cannot FIND good people to hire. The problem doesn’t lie with the people looking for work, the problem lies with the way they recruit. Too often the people doing the recruiting have no idea of what would make a good candidate for the position.

They have their list of requirements they look for and that’s about all. People who’s background or resumes don’t exactly match are automatically disqualified from the start; problem is, nomenclature in companies and schools differ so a job title from one company might not hold the same title in another. If a person puts down their old job title and the recruiter is unaware that it is an identical job, that resume is scrapped without ever being thoroughly analyzed.

The other problem is with the recruiting agencies. Everyone knows what it means to be a temp; no respect marginal training, alienated from team events, no benefits, little compensation, possibility of being unemployed without notice. People will tend to avoid, at all costs, going to a temp agency to get a job. This leaves two types of people at the agencies – those who slipped through the networking cracks and are qualified but have no more leads, and those who are under qualified and under skilled.

Staffing agencies have their list of clients and openings they want to fill and they will, of course, look at the qualified candidates for those jobs first. But what happens when this particular staffing agency has no jobs available in this person’s field? Will they advertise this person to perspective clients in order to place them where their talents can be put to use or just place them in the first available position they desperately need to fill?

Now take company XYZ. They have the perfect job for that previous candidate but they use agency ABC for their recruitment, not the one the person went to. Of course agency ABC now has the same problem the other agency has, many under qualified candidates with few qualified candidates.

What of the person who was already placed in a position that wasn’t in their filed? Are they happy with their work? Do they feel satisfied? Probably “no” for each of those. An unhappy employee is going to be a poor employee and so the company feels they cannot find good people to hire.

Recruiters aside, let’s take look at the companies.

Many companies want the “best of the best”. I’ve seen this with my own eyes where an employee who’s been with a company since its conception gets promoted and their job opens up. Does this company look for the same qualities the previous person had when they started the position? The answer’s “no”. The company now looks for a person with 3 times the qualifications of the previous person. In fact, the old employee would probably not be qualified for their old job in this case.

Employees are also going to be hesitant to give 100% if they know their own company will not give them the same. Too many companies have no loyalty to their employees and treat them as a liability more than an asset. They will often extend probationary periods just to get out of hiring a new person. They will fire employees for technicalities such as being 2 minutes late, rather than giving them the benefit of the doubt. They’ll also cut compensation packages such as salaries and health benefits, but they still expect their employees to give 100%.

Corporate America is basically a cesspool of greed. Their definition of a “good” employee is one who will bend over, drop their pants, take it with a smile and ask for another. Fortunately more and more people are becoming disheartened by this treatment so you start hearing the phrase - Employers cannot find good people to hire.

Answer 2

False

Answer 3

always there will be and most of the time good people being hired but you should also look into the consideration that there will always be bad grains among good ones and that is a real fact.

Answer 4

Because they aren't willing to give people a chance unless they have 3249832978 million years of previous experience because they are too lazy to train new people.

Answer 5

a. they look in the wrong area!
b. the interviewers may not be looking for the proper qualities to fill the positions!

Answer 6

they don't care to pay for GOOD employees so they get stuck with Joe smoe i don't give a hoe