Why employers are really not hiring – CMI report

A new report recently published by the Chartered Management Institute challenges employers’ claims that recruitment is hampered by a skills shortage. An article in the Telegraph newspaper looks at the report’s findings, which in particular says that ‘six in 10 employers admit they are turning away perfectly good candidates because they cannot afford to hire them.” A shortage of the right skills mix was also given by employers in the research, although Christopher Kinsella, acting chief executive of the CMI, discusses how employers should look at the packages that they are offering to attract the right candidates in the first place. In a business environment where it is not always possible to offer large salary increases, Mr Kinsella said, “we urge employers to look to non-financial methods of rewarding good employees or risk losing them.” For more details about the CMI report read the full article here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/9212312/Do-skills-shortages-really-exist-when-so-many-people-are-out-of-work.html