Companies in Västra Götaland must take responsibility for resolving shortages of skilled labor

Lack of skills in Sweden is the biggest of the last 12 years, according to ManpowerGroup's annual lack of skills. Forty-four percent of employers, 42%, report that they have trouble finding the right skills – and that it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit. Worse, it looks like big business.

The lack of competence is mainly explained by the lack of concrete professional skills and sufficient experience. In addition, employers receive too few applications. Digitization and the rapid development of the labor market also have an impact. When businesses are digitized and professional roles change, it becomes more difficult to find candidates with the technical skills and personal qualities required.

The lack of skills requires companies to think more and more about recruitment. At ManpowerGroup, we want to say that more companies from Västra Götaland should develop a strategy to secure their skills, now and in the future. Such a strategy can contain the following four elements:

1. Build – invest in learning and development – udevelop the skills of the employees you already have and ensure continuous learning within the organization. It benefits both the company, which can meet the new demands of the new world, and its employees, who become fit for work, today and tomorrow.

2. Buy – recruit or hire the right skills – A strong employer brand and an attractive corporate culture make it easy for you to recruit or recruit external resources for consulting or group assignments. In addition, more and more people feel they are contributing to positive social development at work.

3. Loans – Create a network of Gig-Workable – aAll skills should not exist within the company With a talent pool with external people for temporary needs, you can quickly find the right person for the right job. Maybe some students, freelancers or former colleagues no longer want to be permanent employees but want more flexibility in professional life.

4. Toggle – change or find new roles – Use the skills you already have by helping employees change roles or tasks. If it is not possible to find a new role for the employee, the employer must respect, with respect and dignity, help the person to progress in professional life, at the same time. 39, inside or outside the organization.

Competence is a strategic issue for business management and crucial for your own business and, in the long run, for Swedish competitiveness. But it is possible to find the right skills by thinking in new and strategic ways about their skills. All of Sweden benefits from the fact that Västra Götaland companies have an even greater responsibility for exploiting and developing people's knowledge and abilities.

Lars Forseth, CEO of Manpower Group