{"id":5364,"date":"2018-05-22T15:05:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T19:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatermankatoblog.com\/?p=5364"},"modified":"2024-01-04T15:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:26:03","slug":"the-workforce-series-8-highlighting-the-hiring-burden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatermankato.com\/blog\/the-workforce-series-8-highlighting-the-hiring-burden\/","title":{"rendered":"The Workforce Series (8):  Highlighting the Hiring Burden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5053 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/greatermankato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/workforce-blog-series.jpg\" alt=\"workforce blog series\" width=\"366\" height=\"209\" \/>As part of the Talent Initiative, Greater Mankato Growth is publishing a guest blog series highlighting the programs, tools and resources that are available in our marketplace. This series can serve as a catalog or library for businesses to address workforce issues.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Highlighting the Hiring Burden<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Contributed by:<\/em>\u00a0Grant Moody, Express Employment Professionals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Express Employment Professionals recently released survey results revealing the time and effort it takes business owners to fill a vacant job. Business leaders from multiple industries report the huge burden they face in filling one single job.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the industry, business leaders report that candidate searches can involve reviewing as many as <strong>16 resumes and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.refreshleadership.com\/index.php\/2014\/08\/link-actions-future-behavior-8-interview-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">up to five interviews<\/a><\/strong>. Finding the right person for the job is an important task, and businesses say they bear a highly resource-intensive search process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s obviously a long process, especially for small business owners\u2014those with fewer than 100 employees,\u201d said Bob Funk, CEO of Express. \u201cBusinesses spend hours and hours looking for the right candidates\u2014taking away time and resources they can\u2019t spend on the rest of their business needs. This is a frustration we hear from businesses again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Business decisions come down to time and money,\u00a0and finding the right set of skills and attributes to match the company\u2019s culture, and the specific job requirements is not easy, but is very important.<\/p>\n<p>Even for general labor type jobs, businesses say they review up to 15 resumes and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.refreshleadership.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/wearing-pajamas-interview-bad-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conduct four interviews<\/a>. This increases for administrative and professional roles. This time commitment does not include drafting and placing advertisements for job openings, recruiting, conducting reference checks and any required testing or other screening.<\/p>\n<p>With today\u2019s changing workforce and record-low labor force participation, employee retention remains one of the top challenges facing business today. These survey results confirm that finding the best people to fit the jobs they have remains an important\u2014and necessary\u2014priority for business today.<\/p>\n<p><em>The survey of 390 businesses in the United States and Canada that are current and former clients of Express Employment Professionals was conducted in the second quarter of 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Talent Initiative, Greater Mankato Growth is publishing a guest blog series highlighting the programs, tools and resources that are available in our marketplace. 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