the Marketplace week, you will be assessing strategies for hiring and compensating employees to support your growth plans. According to the ManpowerGroup 2022 Talent Shortage Survey (2022), employers are struggling to fill open jobs. Job seekers may also have struggles finding the jobs they want (Zahn, 2018). Understanding the causes of this problem can alleviate the gap between employer talent shortage and candidate success in the search effort, increasing company success in a world economy that is experiencing a talent shortage.

For this discussion topic, you will:

Main Response

• Using the readings and videos for this unit as a base, along with other sources you uncover in your research, flesh out a synopsis of the points that stand out for you on the gap discussed above.
• Use the 6-step problem-solving process from Unit 2 to finish out a diagnosis on the problem(s) as you see it/them. Use Steps 1-5 and explain how you would incorporate Step 6, Follow Up & Evaluate Progress.

1. Define the problem
2. Analyze problem/gap analysis
3. Develop solutions
4. Evaluate solutions
5. Choose/implement solution
6. Follow up/evaluate progress

• what are results of this diagnosis, how did you use integrative thinking in the completion of the diagnosis.
• If given the opportunity, how would you use this information to increase hiring and retention success in the simulation?