Recruitment Measures for Tech and Engineering Personnel

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(Title) Issues and Trends in HR Recruitment for Engineering & Technology

The Situation

I am concurrently the HRM manager for Savannah Engineering, Inspection and Insurance Company (SEIIC). Our company is specialized in that our main personnel are technicians and engineers. CNN (Segall, 2011) rightly reports that in science, technology and computer engineering, the job market is so fierce. In order for companies to build, produce and maintain products and ideas, they need the talent. The field of science and engineering is a specialized field and as such, companies find themselves competing for talent to fill up their ranks. It is talent that makes a difference and moves companies forward in a competitive environment. My company does underwriting, competence and maintenance support for engineering projects and the specialists and technicians required to fill our ranks come from varied fields but all fall under the science and technology umbrella. We have a lot of competitors and it is important that we hire the right talent and retain them. Below I have listed the current issues in our business environment that affect supply and demand of personnel in our field as well as the trends, measures and techniques employed by companies like us to recruit and select the people we need to fill in our ranks.

Current Issues Affecting Supply & Demand of Hires

1. Economic Downturn - the US and the rest of the world are experiencing a protracted economic recession. In the US, jobs are scarce and in Europe - Portugal Italy, Greece and Ireland - they are economies in danger of imploding due to a variety of policy, economic and market issues. One would imagine then that our company will feel the downturn quite heavily being that we are an engineering and tech underwriter. For governments to inject capital into the market, they look to building and engineering projects. Capital then is made available to engineering, tech and building companies. As such, our sector is doing really well. The US government for example has injected a lot of capital into renewable energy research and renewable energy start-ups. We provide services to such companies and as their portfolio grows, so does their need ...