Many of us feel like the pandemic is something of the past, but whether you are still taking precautions or not, the impact covid-19 had on the workplace is still very much with us. For better or for worse, many of the changes the pandemic brought seem to be here to stay. Depending on your position, this might be something that hasn’t impacted you much or, on the other hand, you might be facing issues you’ve not seen before.
Recruiting is one department in particular where things don’t look like they did just a few years ago. While the dust might have settled, and we are in a new normal, that hasn’t made things any easier for hiring managers. Not every company is going to face the same hiring issues but here are a few problems that seem to be universal no matter how large or small a particular company might be.
- Working From Home
Of course, money is the number one concern applicants have while looking at new jobs but what’s become a close second for most is their quality of life. In fact, when someone is looking at two job offers in front of them, given the pay is close enough someone might even take less money if it means more time with their family and less time in traffic.
Asking about the chance to work from home, at least for some of the week, is something hiring managers are now facing every day. Even if it isn’t something a particular company offers, it’s still something they are going to have to face. Depending on the type of business, employees might be leaving to have the chance of working from home somewhere else.
- Vaccines
To be blunt, everyone that is going to get a vaccine has already done so. Someone might be falling into the window of booster availability but it’s hard to think there’s still those who fully intended to get vaccinated but just haven’t gotten around to it yet. As all large companies are legally mandated to make sure employees are vaccinated, that’s created plenty of issues for hiring managers.
This issue presents itself two-fold. First, throughout the entire country, there’s plenty of people who had to be let go due to the mandates. When someone falls into that category but holds an extremely specialized position, it’s not something that’s just going to get filled overnight.
- Childcare
The year of 2020 was a reset on many of the ways we were already doing things in our normal lives. Throughout the pandemic, as schools were closed or became remote, a parent had to be there for their kids. With going still being a very real issue facing us today, parents need to know their work is going to be OK for them to have to call out at the drop of a hat if their child is suddenly sick with covid.
Even outside of covid, the cost alone of childcare is something extremely important to today’s parents. Hiring managers will have to address any options to help offset the major cost that that’s become. Having onsite daycare, or means to help in any way, is something that can absolutely pull a candidate that otherwise would have gone elsewhere.
