Survey Tags Top Staffing Concerns

(Published February 8, 2010)

 

A new CareerBuilder survey reports that the top three staffing concerns of the more than 2,700 employers surveyed are the ability to: provide competitive compensation (34%), maintain productivity levels (33%), and retain top talent (31%).

 

As far as retention goes, employers are most concerned about worker burnout (30%), the ability to provide upward mobility (25%), and the difficulty of strengthening the employment brand after layoffs or cut backs (10%). 

 

Employers plan to overcome these retention concerns by: offering more flexible work arrangements (28%); investing more in training (21%); promising future benefits, i.e., raises or promotions when the economy picks up, (18%); and offering more performance-based incentives, i.e., trips and bonuses, (16%).