Companies recognize how important managing a growing international and mobile workforce is for the future of their businesses, but they do not know how to do it.
Companies do not have an appropriate strategy to deal with the transformation that is happening the way of working in the world -from the convergence of five generations to operations spread across the planet- which will lead to a crisis in management, attraction and retention of talent, concludes the Workforce 2020 study, prepared by Oxford Economics and SAP.
There are plenty of applicants for the posts, but there are few who are really qualified to meet the demands of each job.
A study entitled 'Lack of Talent 2011' by the firm Manpower Group shows that 30% of companies in Costa Rica say they have trouble finding certain types of staff such as technicians, salesmen and secretaries with the required skills.
The Social Security Department already has a shortfall of 200 specialists and in the next 4 years more than 400 currently serving doctors will retire.
At the moment there are 1443 medical specialists working in the Social Security Department (CSS), 405 are over 58 years old, which means that they will retire in four years, according to information from the Directorate of National Health Services and Benefits at the CSS.