Over 50% of companies have trouble finding workers - report

More than 50 percent of employers in Poland claim that they have difficulty recruiting new workforce, which affects their development, according to the latest report by HR consultancy Work Service. According to the report, one-third of the polled companies that are struggling with staff shortages can’t sign deals with new clients, while one out of eight firms were forced to cancel or restrict investments. “The shortage of workers is starting to affect the businesses and we can expect that problem to be more and more visible in the economy as a whole. As many as 32.6 percent of companies had to abandon new contracts because of staff shortages. For the same reason, 12.8 percent of entrepreneurs choose to limit or completely abandon their investments, which significantly hampers prospects for further growth,” Work Service CEO Maciej Witucki said. "Currently 50.8 percent of employers declare that they have had difficulty in acquiring skilled workers recently, which is 15 percentage points more than last year, and it is a record in the Work Barometer's report history. Among employers who have suffered from shortages of candidates, as many as 68.1 percent declare that this situation directly affects their business,” the report said. The report shows that the problem of human resources shortages is most likely to affect small businesses, and the current situation favors employees.