Hiring for blue-collared jobs has its own unique set of challenges. Let’s take a look at how technology can help!
If one thing that all industries have in common, irrespective of their nature, it’s their workforce that makes them what they are. People, being the most crucial part of any organization, make hiring the most crucial function across all industries. But hiring is no piece of cake, in fact, it’s as complicated as it is crucial. Recruiting people at all levels to build your organisation requires time, effort, resources and a whole lot of patience. Even though recruiting people in white-collar roles comes with its own set of challenges, it’s still not as demanding as the blue-collar hiring. But given the labor-dependant nature of our industries, hiring blue-collar staff is an equally essential function, if not critical.
While digital footprint and technology penetration help employers pick and hire white collar staff in a heartbeat, they struggle with challenges like a distributed workforce, geographical barriers, manual processes and lack of digital presence in sourcing the right candidates for the traditionally blue-collar jobs. However, like most problems, perhaps technology is the answer to this one too; and here’s why blue-collar employers should now be leveraging technology in this space while hiring.
Right fit at the right time and right place
It’s not too hard to spot a ‘vacancy for delivery staff’ or ‘drivers required’ sign anywhere in any metro city. Our recent report indicated that there are approximately more than 8 lakh vacancies in delivery role, six lakh for drivers and more than three lakhs for security guard role. There are around 50 crore people in various verticals of the semi-formal ecosystem in India, yet the industries often struggle to find the right candidate(s) for these very job roles. This indicates towards the massive gap that we are looking at to bridge with technology.
Source: People Matters
