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Strategic Migration - a Short-Term Solution to the Skilled Trades Shortage
Unlike other positions facing a talent shortage, skilled trades work is geographically fixed and cannot be relocated or offshored, leaving employers with a critical talent issue that will only get worse as more experienced workers retire without adequate replacements.
Summary
- Employers are facing a scarcity of talent in critical areas.
- An organization's employer branding efforts must now overlook its contingent workforce.
- Employers will find themselves competing for contingent labor as aggressively as they compete for permanent staff.
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Strategic migration from within and outside national borders brings the necessary workers to the work, alleviating the immediate pressure of the talent shortage and allowing stakeholders the time and opportunity to work on long-term solutions to the talent mismatch.
Addressing the issues of international certifications and immigration policies will aid organizations by easing the current talent mismatch. Meanwhile, aligning technical training more closely with business needs and promoting positive attitudes toward the skilled trades will lay the foundation for more lasting and permanent solutions.
