Editor’s Comment: The bitter pill – trading across borders

Finding candidates with the right skills is rather like hunting for a needle in a haystack; the National Health Service, our biggest employer has to resort to stripping the third world of experienced medical practitioners while with the same hand turning away doctors for training posts, so just what is going on and what does it mean for recruiters?

The recruitment game has become as much a case of chance and good fortune as one of hardwork and graft. With an apparent deficit of good candidates many that work in the industry feel that their hands are tied.

I asked Claire Savage, Editor of Training Zone, a destination site for corporate training professionals to explain the position:

“There are many surveys showing that companies are struggling to recruit the right people with the right skills. Many employers also feel that school and college leavers, while apparently qualified, don't necessarily have the skills the organisation needs.