Talent wars | Firms struggling to match competitors' pay and benefits as fight for skilled workers continues

UK employers are struggling to match the pay and benefits being offered by competitors as the war for talent rumbles on, a new study has found.

XpertHR found that UK organisations are struggling to find the skills their business needs, with poor quality applicants (78%) and skills shortages (77%) being named as the biggest hiring issues HR and recruitment professionals have faced over the past 12 months.