Winnipeg Free Press: Employee engagement plan, No easy answers to ongoing labour shortage issues but retention is key, HR experts say

“I think sometimes, we’re looking for an easy answer, an easy solution that we can put into a sound bite and I don’t think that’s there,” Wallis said.

Adam King, assistant professor in the labour studies program at the University of Manitoba, said the COVID-19 pandemic has radically shifted how employers hire and how potential employees view jobs.

“Post-pandemic, for the first time, employers are having to compete for workers rather than the other way around,” he said.

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