Wuhan Labor Shortage Strikes &Nbsp Ahead Of Time; Keeping People'S Hearts Can Not Rely Solely On Wage Increases.

"The fundamental problem is not that you can recruit people by adding a little money, but that you need to consider how to retain people for a longer time," a human resource insider said.

Labor shortage ahead of schedule

Just this past weekend, Wuhan, Hubei, held the first college students' public recruitment fair in 2011. Although many companies were earning 30% of their salaries, they were still unable to find enough workers.

Wuhan recruitment industry senior planner Jiang Yongjie told the "daily economic news" reporter: "in the middle and late December of each year, there will be a wave of" labor shortage "in Wuhan enterprises, but in 2010 it came earlier than in previous years. Just entering the December, many enterprises were crying out for people.

Reporters learned that at the talent recruitment conference held last weekend, many well-known enterprises such as van Gu electronics, Zhijiang liquor industry, Optics Valley creative industry base, and the United States' refrigeration have launched a large-scale recruitment plan. "At present, the salary is basically between 1500 yuan and 3000 yuan per month, increasing by 10% to 30% on the basis of the usual wage level, and some enterprises also indicate extra overtime pay."

Yesterday (January 10th), Chen Qiming, deputy general manager of Wuhan timely talent Information Co., Ltd., in an interview with the daily economic news reporter, also said that since last December, more and more enterprises have been trapped in "labor shortage". "The shortage of workers is mainly concentrated in traditional labor-intensive industries, and the vast majority are not enough workers and technicians."

It is reported that the overall shortfall of talent in Wuhan is estimated at around 80 thousand people, mainly in the fields of mechanical processing, electronic manufacturing, business super retail, catering and entertainment services, and so on.

"To understand employees' mood"

"With the continuous development of the central region economy, the amount of employment has been increasing, especially in recent years.

Many enterprises are in short supply all the year round, but become more serious at the end of the year.

Jiang Yongjie, who has been recruiting for many years in Wuhan, told reporters.

"On the one hand, because of the new year's Eve, many job seekers' demand for job hunting has been temporarily weakened. On the other hand, the end of the year is a period of great growth in orders and business of many enterprises, but the staff can't replenish it in time."

For this phenomenon of "labor shortage" coming earlier this year, Jiang Yongjie believes that the cost of living and production costs are increasing with the recent increase in prices. However, the profit growth space of these labor-intensive industries is limited, so many enterprises have pressure to reduce costs.

In this way, compared with the rate of rising prices, "the salary increase that enterprises can provide can not meet the expectations of young employees, especially those who are now 80 or 90."

However, Liu Jianquan, Minister of recruitment at the Hubei human resources center, argues that raising wages to employees is not the fundamental solution to the "labor shortage".

He told the daily economic news reporter, "labor shortage is becoming more common and frequent. We are discussing this issue at the end of each year and at the beginning of the year, but it has never been fundamentally solved."

He believes that enterprises that face difficulties in recruiting jobs should not only increase their treatment correspondingly, "the competent government departments, employment enterprises and intermediaries should truly respect employees, and should understand their needs in a comprehensive manner.

A lot of times, the feelings produced by mutual understanding can keep people more than simply adding some money.

Liu Jianquan further explained that the "labor shortage" phenomenon intensified at the end of the year, largely because "workers were worried that they could not return home, and the problem was conductive. After a hard year, everyone expected to go home and reunite with their families these days."

At the same time, he also pointed out that