What jobs are you/your employer struggling to recruit to?

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Just that really. There's a million comments saying getting jobs is difficult at the moment, but there must be some shortages somewhere, or at least where there are fewer good candidates. I am looking in the north, but any region of the UK welcome.

Re the administrative jobs. I turned one down that was similar to yours. Why? Because it had no flex in at all. I don't mind being in the office but can't I start a bit earlier or maybe start bit later? What you have described might sound like a good job but it's pretty un-appealing to lots of people. Even when I was in the office every day we had some sort of life flexibility. I would scroll past.

My former colleagues struggle with a lot of IT roles. It's a good flexible employer with excellent packages. Got a lot of CVs, but skills, both technical and management, are poor.

Also very surprised about this.

Although presumably anyone 10-15 year PQE is applying for partnership so the role really need to be the right role..

Midday assistants.

And I can see why. Minimum wage for 2 hours max a day. There used to be a much bigger pool of SAHMs who wanted a few hours a week around their children. But due to COL those people are looking for more hours.

Teachers
mostly geography maths science

Really interesting thread! I could share the same observation about work experience. Really struggling to find students to help either outdoor conservation work for 2hrs in return for a LinkedIn reference.

Teaching needs to be marketed more heavily. Yes you have to be able to cope with potentially disruptive kids however the pay and the perks (ie the pension and the extremely long holidays) are very good.

I'm in the same position in my role. There are jobs that have been empty for three years as no one wants them (just above NMW) and the experience/skills that are required are not found in new graduates. Lots of addiction, substance use, trauma, safeguarding issues etc that a 20 year old isn't equipped to deal with. Also the rotational shifts are a PITA. It's the same with care work. These jobs should be well paid.

Yes, this is the feedback we get but MD insists on nobody working from home and no part-timers. He of course, works from home and is unavailable on Mondays and Fridays...

Quality assurance, risk management and cyber security people, particularly in regulated industries.

Interesting. I wonder, are the people who normally perform these roles older and retiring and the roles aren't appealing to younger people?

Funny isn't it how just giving a bit of grace over starting times, finishing times, core hours etc falls in to working from home or part time by some senior managers. I get the office bit but what happens when people need to go to a drs appointment or have there car MOTd or its sports day at school? They just move on to the next job. I decided on a part time job that paid less, had more potential and more flex over that job.

Occupational therapy roles across London have a 40% vacancy rate.

I think that ever since Covid, people are prioritising home life over work and voting with their feet.

Mechanical engineer
Automotive engineer
Experienced competent sales people

Cleaners and part time staff of many different roles. We offer flexible hours, paid training, not asking for lengthy experience, great salaries (actually great, far above living wage), extra perks and offer flexi WFH (not for cleaners obvs!). But we just can't find anyone. It used to be that our part time jobs worked perfectly for parents as the hours fit in around school time, flexible leave for sickness etc.

Oddly despite being very different sectors, DCs school is constantly advertising part time and cleaning roles too, and have regularly been without staff for extended periods because no one is interested.

@FullOfMomsense is no one applying?

I feel as if a lot of people aren't working but I'm puzzled how they are paying their bills

I think all are on LinkedIn. By infrastructure I mean road, rail, aviation, energy projects - constructing or designing (engineering consultants). The ultimate clients are usually government departments or companies who build major infrastructure like Hinckley. Sometimes called capture manager or work winning too

@SparklyDeer so I would need knowledge of those sectors?

So make the jobs appealing to people. I wouldn't work in an office, and I'm part time, so I would excel at your first job, but it wouldn't serve me for my lifestyle, so I'd scroll past immediately.
Change aspects of the unappealing role to make it better.

I have zero sympathy for companies that pay poverty wages or crap requirements and act shocked that no one wants to do it.

Because the pay is shite. Especially for the amount of skills and responsibility you have to have

No it doesn't.

Schools need to work much harder at retaining existing staff. Way, way, more staff leave every year than join. The numbers of female teachers in their 30s being the biggest group. No point filling the bucket without mending it!

Are you actually finding this difficult? We no longer are (London), not for the past 12 months.

The only roles we have struggled with in my LA are the Director-level ones, probably because pay is poor for the responsibility.

It looks to me that employers are struggling to recruit for the roles that are listed on this thread because:

• they don't offer flexibility such as hybrid or remote working
• they don't pay well
• employers are not willing to take on people who have the right attitude but might need some training
• the jobs (such as teaching) offer stressful environment with little support.

Companies won’t train new staff; they just want to poach from another company. Recruiters don’t have any imagination and won’t think about transferable skills. All young people have computer skills but they can’t get interviews (never mind the job) because they don’t have “office” experience.
It’s madness.