Sponsored content: The verdict is in on the future of engineering recruitment

Hays, leading specialist in workforce solutions and recruitment, recently published the Future of Engineering survey 2023 in partnership with The Engineer, which reveals all about how things currently stand in the industry and what to expect going forward.

The research, which received over 300 responses from engineering professionals and employers, demonstrates the challenges employers are facing today when it comes to hiring talent, the importance of career progression, the issues surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion within the sector and much more.

Skill shortages are here to stay

As the survey confirms, the skills gap continues to impact engineering employers; majority (95 per cent) of those hiring new staff say they are experiencing skills shortages and one in five (21 per cent) describe the shortages as extreme.

One way to combat the skills crisis is to reach out to talent across the globe and 40 per cent of employers say they already recruit engineers from overseas, whilst almost a third (32 per cent) say they don’t currently but would be open to doing so. Some of the top reasons employers don’t recruit engineers from overseas are the cost of visas and sponsorship (36 per cent), the additional admin and paperwork it entails (31 per cent) and a lack of resource to market jobs for overseas workers (14 per cent).