| Hiring Challenges | | | | Research has shown that there will be sizeable |
| The rapidly changing environment has posed several | | | | change in man power over the next 10 years. You |
| challenges before companies to recruit right kind of | | | | can expect the population to increase substantially |
| people for the right kind of job. Thus, experts advise | | | | between 2006 and 2016. The Department of Labor |
| that there is a demand to do away with the | | | | 2008-2009 Occupational Outlook Handbook prefigures |
| conventional ways of recruiting and retaining right | | | | the following manpower trends. |
| employees. Researches indicate that corporate | | | | The civilian labor force is projected to grow by 15.6 |
| reforms and new requirements are putting big | | | | million, or 10%, to 166.2 million by 2016. The labor force |
| demands on management, making it challenging to | | | | will become increasingly diverse. |
| retain and recruit skilled employees | | | | White-collar and related occupations will be one of the |
| | | | two hottest growing major occupational groups, and |
| Employers presented with new hiring demands as well | | | | will add the most new jobs, increasing by 16.7%, adding |
| as challenging and unclear legal obligations are being | | | | 5 million new jobs between 2006 and 2016. |
| forced to turn to specialized service providers that | | | | Among all lines of work in the economy, health care |
| take over the obligation for screening. Nowadays, | | | | lines of work are expected to make up 7 of the 20 |
| much more so than in the recent past, employers are | | | | hottest demanding lines of work between 2006 and |
| observing a shortage of qualified prospects. | | | | 2016. According the Bureau Of Labor Statistics |
| Additionally, more and more employees are looking for | | | | Conclusion |
| positions that offer flexibility. The years of the | | | | According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor the |
| work-aholic employee are becoming faded memories. | | | | unemployment rate edged down to 9.5 percent. The |
| In an effort to attract and retain employees these | | | | decline in payroll employment reflected a decrease |
| days, employers are using innovative strategies such | | | | (-225,000) in the amount of temporary employees |
| as flexible schedule, rewards for referrals, signing | | | | working on Census 2010. Private-sector payroll |
| bonuses, and enhanced employee benefits. | | | | employment edged up by 83,000. |
| The future | | | | |