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When you meet prospective candidates for a job interview it’s likely that you have a checklist of skills and experience that you’re searching for. However, in the age of softskills, sourcing candidates with the right chops for the job has perhaps become a more nuanced than ever before.
Let’s not mince words; TA in all forms is in a time of crisis. According to the latest research from Go1, staff turnover and loss of skilled workers is affecting a total of over 60% of UK-based companies.
Skilled workers have more market choice than ever before, which is swiftly increasing the flow of staff through companies across the nation. But what are the key skills that so many candidates are getting headhunted for? It seems, from the research at least, that it’s not simply the experience they have, but indeed the soft skills they’ve honed over their careers.
The research, which included analysis of more than 750,000 job ads in the UK, found that whilst almost two thirds of UK companies are struggling to grow due to staff turnover, 89% of hiring professionals believe that it’s these soft skills that truly provide a ‘make or break’ factor when recruiting.
