TALENT TRENDS
Building Talent in the Covid-19 World By Cari Kraft, Jacobs Management Group INTRODUCTION Covid-19 has created challenges everywhere, including the hiring process. Research conducted in late March by Willis Towers Watson, a global risk management and advisory firm, shows that 42% of surveyed organizations have frozen or reduced hiring. But that
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means that 58% are still hiring. And, for those of us in the pharma, biotech, and medical device space, we are seeing sharp increases as some companies ramp up to support Covid-19 products and freezes and declines for companies that support elective procedures which are being deferred. For those companies who are hiring, filling
positions will be more difficult, especially those that were already hard to fill before the coronavirus pandemic. And, while it might be counterintuitive, this might be a time to reach out to your agency recruiter for those hard to fill positions, as they have unprecedented access to talent in this time.
