<div><em>Over half of the participants claimed that there was a lack of adequately qualified candidates, <strong>Simar Singh</strong> reports</em></div><div> </div><div>Throwing light on the difficulty of hiring, a new survey has revealed that the majority of employers in India have to compromise when it comes to recruiting new staff due of the shortage of qualified candidates.</div><div> </div><div>Surveying 100 Indian hiring managers from a range of sectors including IT, manufacturing, health, finance, construction, professional services, real estate, media and logistics, the study found that almost 60 per cent had compromised on standards while hiring.</div><div> </div><div>Over half of the participants also claimed that there was a lack of adequately qualified candidates applying for jobs.</div><div> </div><div>The survey was conducted by market research agency IMRB International for Pearson VUE, a computer-based testing company.</div><div> </div><div>"Our survey is revealing in terms of the underlying and ongoing challenges for India's employers in finding and retaining skilled, qualified talent and the impact of hiring compromises. However there are solutions to these challenges as well", said Divyalok Sharma, director of client development at Pearson VUE.</div><div> </div><div>The full report titled "Hiring Challenges for India's 100 Top Employers" will be released on July 23 and will contain statistics on the key challenges that Indian employers face and their possible solutions, their attitudes towards professional qualifications and distrust of the applicants' credentials.</div>
