One in three Bulgarian companies find it difficult to fill their vacancy :: Investor.bg

Bulgarian employers face the biggest shortage of staff since 2011, which includes more than 600 companies

In times of more jobs than 68% of companies in the country have difficulty filling vacancies, skilled workers, engineers and drivers are the hardest to find.

Although the unemployment rate is still low, 38% employers indicate that the shortage of candidates is the main cause of the talent shortage in the country, and 11% of companies can not fill their vacancies due to candidates' expectations of a lack of talent. higher remuneration than that offered and a lack of soft skills (35%). – communication, work "We continue to witness the growing demand for skilled workers in all economic sectors in Bulgaria – from transport and engineering to production and health," said Alexander Hangimana, Director General from ManpowerGroup.

"Employers can not find people with the right mix of technical and non-technical skills, and the question is no longer just about talent discovery – we need to create them." Organizations need to do a lot more. efforts to train and retrain employees for the new world of work and create a workforce with skills that businesses and people need to succeed in the long term. "

Faces the most difficult to find in Bulgaria in 2018

1. Skilled workers
2. Engineers
3. Drivers
4. Staff for restaurants / hotels
5. Health professionals
6. IT
7. Business Representatives
8. Directors / Directors
9. Office employees
10. Accountants and financiers

For their survey, ManpowerGroup surveyed 39,195 employers from 43 countries on their difficulties filling vacancies, skills they can not find and what they do to solve the problem of the shortage of talent.

(18%), the United Kingdom (19%) and the Netherlands (24%) have the least difficulty filling vacancies in Ireland, Ireland and the Middle East (19%). . The most affected markets in Europe are Romania with 81% (9 percentage point increase) and Bulgaria (6 percentage point increase over 2016).
Asia-Pacific: Faced with the greatest talent shortage, five of the 10 most affected markets are Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and India. In Japan, the number of employers experiencing difficulties in filling vacancies continues to reach 89%, the highest share in the world.

In the North and South America region, Argentina is the most serious problem, where 52% of companies experience talent shortages. In Brazil, 34% of employers report difficulties. Mexico faces the greatest increase in the degree of difficulty – from 40% in 2016 to 50%. Compared to 2016, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina show the greatest improvement in the fight against talent shortages, and the number of US employers who face talent shortages went from 32% in 2015 to 46% in 2018 – slightly above the world average