National and Ontario Region Top Human Resource Challenges for the Bio-economy

A series of text blocks describing the top HR challenges facing bio-economy companies in Ontario. Main issues: Insufficient capital or resources to pay competitive wages to attract and retain qualified candidates (cited by 46% of the province’s bio-economy companies); lack of qualified candidates with required specialized skill sets or experience (cited by 36% of bio-economy companies); lack of qualified candidates with practical/non-academic skills (cited by 28% of companies); loss of candidates and employees to large, well-known organizations (cited by 17% of companies); lack of applicants (cited by 14% of companies).

Published in Close-up on the bio-economy: Ontario (December 6, 2021)