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The recession has cast a new light on talent supply and management around the world. Unemployment is persistently high in developed and even in many developing countries, yet organisations worldwide report difficulty filling key positions.

Global Talent Shortage Survey Results

• The results of the fifth annual Talent Shortage Survey revealed that 31% of employers worldwide are having difficulty filling positions due to the lack of suitable talent.
  
  
• In Australia, 45% of employers are having difficulty finding the right talent, which is 14% above the global average. The talent shortage appears least problematic in New Zealand with 30% of employers reporting difficulties in filling positions.

Want to learn more about a new approach of easing the talent mismatch? Download Manpower’s latest World of Work insight, entitled "Teachable Fit: A new Approach for Easing the Talent Mismatch"

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Fresh Perspectives
Social Networks vs. Management? Harness the Power of Social Media
A new generation, steeped in the rules and habits of the digital age, is entering the workforce in large numbers, and will soon make up the majority of employees in every company. How this generation – as well as older workers – uses social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to stay in touch with others has increased exponentially in just a few years. It is a phenomenon that is rapidly transforming the world of work.

With this in mind, Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN) recently surveyed over 34,000 employers in 35 countries and territories. The survey is intended to gauge employer attitudes toward the use of external social media in the workplace.

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New Zealand

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World of Work Insight
Rules of Engagement: Harnessing the Potential of the Contingent Workforce
The current economic crisis has changed the employment landscape forever. Employers have learned hard lessons about the need to transform their talent-acquisition strategies in the face of growing global competition. Now, as the business environment begins to improve, employers must be poised to respond quickly to a rapidly changing marketplace and growing disconnect between where labor is needed and where it is available.

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Banking and Finance Industry Insights

The global financial crisis has posed challenges around the world and Australia has been affected with a slowing economic and financial market activity. In relative terms however, Australia continues to perform well. The strength of Australia’s banking and finance sector is underpinned by a strong and resilient economy, sophisticated, deep and liquid financial markets, a world best practice regulatory system, a mandated and innovative retirement savings (superannuation) scheme, a highly skilled and multilingual workforce and advanced business infrastructure…

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Helping our clients win in the changing world of work: Recruitment Process: Why Outsource?

The future of RPO looks strong despite or perhaps aided by the current global recession. Many organisations are open to the possibility that RPO, particularly if focused on strategic business needs, can be a tool to compete during difficult economic times. RPO represents a great opportunity for organisations to drive value not only within the HR function, but across the enterprise…

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Helping our clients win in the changing world of work: Insights into cost reduction strategies

Cost reduction is one of the priorities of the business strategy established during an economic downturn. The current economic climate has forced organisations to implement many cost-cutting strategies, such as reducing training programs, reducing employee benefits, and significantly trimming down the overall size of their workforce in order to protect their profits. Manpower has worked with a number of companies globally to provide advice and support to drive workforce cost efficiencies…

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Corporate Social Responsibility:
Current Trends in Australia and New Zealand

As the global economic downturn continues, will corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability struggle to stay on the agenda – particularly when companies are focused on delivering greater value for money while cutting back on everything that isn't a business essential? While some cuts in CSR budgets are inevitable in a downturn, what are the current trends in the Australian and New Zealand economies?

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Insights into Mechanic Tradespersons

Mechanic Tradespersons are in the top 10 occupations experiencing talent shortages in Australia, meaning that both government and business need to develop attraction and retention strategies to ensure they can secure skilled workers.

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Engineering Market Insights (Australia)

The global economic and financial crisis has brought an end to a period of sustained strong expansion in the engineering construction sector...
As a result of the global economic and financial crisis, the industry is facing a range of pressure points which pose a risk to the medium term outlook. This includes continued slowing in the domestic economy, volatile financial conditions, and the increased difficulty in raising funds, which are the potential source of increasing delays in project commencements, or the cancellation of work planned.

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Manpower’s 2009 Talent Shortage Survey

Manpower’s 2009 Talent Shortage Survey reveals that the global talent crunch remains a pressing and pervasive issue for employers worldwide. Despite global recession and the weakest employment outlook in decades, employers are nonetheless facing a scarcity of talent in critical areas. Even as they’ve generally reduced their hiring, they are still looking to fill critical positions and are having trouble finding people who are the “perfect fit”—with the precise combination of skills and experience—for those roles. And so they are waiting until the right individual comes along. Click here to download the full paper and find out how you can overcome the global talent crunch.

Talent Shortage Survey

Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN) surveyed nearly 39,000 employers across 33 countries and territories in the first quarter of 2009 to determine the extent to which talent shortages are impacting today’s labor markets. The results of the fourth annual Talent Shortage Survey revealed that 30 percent of employers worldwide are having difficulty filling positions due to the lack of suitable talent available in their markets, which is one percentage point weaker compared to last year’s survey – a surprising result given the current downturn and the associated high unemployment in many markets. These results indicate that while more people may be looking for jobs, but they don’t generally have the skills that organisations are looking for.

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The Power of Employment Value Proposition: A Solution to Attract and Retain Talent in a Highly Competitive Labour Market

Manpower’s latest white paper focuses on the importance of a strong and aligned EVP especially during a recession. Organisations can increase their market share during this recession by capitalizing on retaining top talent and recruiting top tier candidates to increase business productivity.

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Insights into Engineering Professionals (Australia)

Engineers continue to be one of the occupations experiencing extreme talent shortages in Australia. This ongoing shortage means that firms need to develop innovative and effective strategies, to ensure that they can both attract and retain these qualified professionals. Does Australia Have a Sufficient Amount of Engineers?

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Insights into Engineering Professionals (New Zealand)

New Zealand needs Engineering Professionals today – civil, mechanical, chemical and electrical. Government and businesses are looking for people with the right skills, qualifications and experience to grow the future of the country….

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Insights into Sales Professionals (Australia)

Sales Representatives continue to be one of the occupations experiencing talent shortages in Australia. This ongoing shortage means that businesses need to develop innovative and effective strategies to ensure that they can both attract and retain skilled professionals….

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Insights into Transport and Logistics Professionals (Australia)-

The Australian transport and logistics industry is worth more than $57 billion dollars and represents in excess of 14% of Australia’s Gross Domestic Product, making this sector one of the most critical in Australia…..

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Manpower Market Insights on Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector- Australia and New Zealand

Insights into IT Professionals (Australia)
IT Professionals are in the top 10 occupations experiencing talent shortages in Australia, meaning that both government and businesses need to develop attraction and retention strategies to ensure they can secure qualified professionals.

Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Market Insights (Australia)
Although the economic downturn in Australia is considered “mild” compared to other OECD countries, the outlook for the Australian ICT industry in 2009 is much less favourable than in recent years, with economic conditions deteriorating, business and consumer confidence falling sharply, projections for ICT spending have declined steeply. Taking this into account, Australian businesses are certainly reassessing how they spend their money on ICT products, services and employment.

Information Communication & Technology (ICT) Market Insights (New Zealand)  
The ICT sector is has been identify as one of the key contributors to future economic growth and international competitiveness of New Zealand

World of Work Insight
The Underworked Solution: Women and the Talent Crunch

Women have made dramatic strides in the workforce across the globe, but as study after study has documented, they still lag behind men signicantly.

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The Borderless Workforce: 2008 - June 2008

Today’s global workforce is on the move as never before. But most employers and governments are a long way from fully understanding the complex issue of talent mobility and its growing role in the talent shortages that are affecting today’s global labor markets.

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Confronting the Talent Crunch: 2008 - May 2008

The talent shortage can no longer be viewed as a crisis on the horizon. In many regions and across many industry sectors, it is a crisis that is occurring now, and it threatens to grow more acute and widespread. Talent shortages pose a threat to world economic growth and prosperity. Yet, although many of the problems associated with the talent shortage are broadly acknowledged, potential solutions have yet to be widely embraced or implemented by the companies, governments and individuals who stand to benefit from their application.

This paper, which has been updated since its original publication in 2006, explores which trends are likely to become more pronounced, and what further steps governments and employers can take in response.

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Engineering Professionals - February 2008

Engineers are second in the list of top 10 occupations experiencing talent shortages in Australia, meaning that both government and business need to develop attraction and retention strategies to ensure they can attract and retain these qualified professionals. This report focuses on formally educated Engineers, and looks at their demographics, job satisfaction and personal motivators.

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