At client k,
I believe in blunt talk
and the blunt talk
is…
There’s no labor shortage.
Even with COVID deaths
and long COVID disabilities,
there are more people
in the world
able to work
than there are paying jobs
for them.
If you can’t find employees
to work in your business,
there’s something wrong
with your offer.
That ‘wrong’
is likely pay.
The salary you’re offering
is likely too low
in this current market
for what you’re asking
employees to do.
The key bit of that sentence
is
‘in this current market.’
The market is always changing
because the world is always changing.
Four years ago,
for example,
a salesperson wasn’t worried
about possibly getting COVID
from her prospect
and dying.
Today, she factors
that risk
into her asking salary.
Or the issue could be
something else entirely.
Once you figure out
why employees are accepting jobs
elsewhere
and
you solve that issue,
you’ll fill that empty role.
Because there’s no labor shortage.