EP 68: Recruitment and Retention, Challenges and Ideas

It seems inconsistent: pandemic-related, record-level job losses while employers report their own hardships in finding workers. But that's the nature of what analysts have called one of the strangest labor shortages in memory. Nationally, employers have reported too-tight talent pools or general hard times retaining staff. While much of the labor-shortage news spotlight is usually either broad-talking or sector-specific, municipalities far and wide indeed have felt the effect. On this episode, we hear from a few on their unique challenges and ideas to improve their situations. And we've love to hear about yours.