摘要: |
Finding, hiring and keeping good employees have long been cornerstones for growing organizations that need human resources to keep the wheels turning. With a labor crunch in full swing right now, employers across all sectors are facing steep challenges even as they raise wages, hone their recruitment messages and improve day-to-day working conditions for their teams. Still, labor shortages continue to impede hiring and the level of "churn"-when current employees leave and must be replaced with new hires-remains very high for many industries. With companies like Walmart recently raising starting salaries for truck drivers to $95,000, it is clear that these roadblocks exist in the warehousing, logistics and transportation sectors. A recent "Talent and Labor Study" from sister magazine Modern Materials Handling paints a picture of just how difficult the labor crunch has become and what companies are doing to address it. The survey found 81 % of warehouses and DCs want to fill open positions within the next 12 months, with warehouse workers (for 61% of respondents), transportation and logistics managers (45%), and warehouse managers and supervisors (42%) as the biggest demand. |