HR leaders must evolve to tackle talent crunch: ManpowerGroup

Human resource leaders need to evolve themselves in three critical ways like becoming supply and demand experts, marketers and designers, to tackle talent shortages, a ManpowerGroup report says.
Workforce solutions major ManpowerGroup identified three distinct roles human resources (HR) leaders must play to ensure talent sustainability for their organisations.
"Macroeconomic forces continue to decrease margins, creating a need for organisations to do more with less and to have a workforce that is more agile and productive," ManpowerGroup CEO Jonas Prising said.
Prising further said: "The answer rests with HR leaders, who must possess the strategic capability to ensure a sustainable workforce and the talent their organisations need to achieve their business objectives."

HR leaders can bridge the skills gap by evolving their role in three critical ways -- supply and demand experts, marketers and designers.
As supply and demand experts, HR leaders should have an understanding of their internal and external talent supply and how forces are shaping the availability of required skills.

As marketers, HR's role has expanded to attract and retain talent and as designers: a different way of thinking is required to cultivate communities of work and balance the employment mix.
As per ManpowerGroup's Talent Shortage Survey released in May, about 64 per cent of employers in India are experiencing difficulty finding candidates with right skills and there is a significant shortage of talent in professions such as accounting, finance and IT sector.

Globally, 36 per cent of employers reported facing talent shortage, the survey revealed. In India, however, the number stood at as high as 64 per cent.
Employers in India face difficulty while filling jobs in Accounting and Finance, IT Staff and Sales Managers, the survey has revealed.