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

A series of text blocks describing the top HR challenges facing bio-economy companies in the Prairies. Main issues: Lack of qualified candidates with required specialized skill sets or experience (cited by 45% of the region’s bio-economy companies); lack of qualified candidates with practical/non-academic skills (cited by 36% of companies); insufficient capital or resources to pay competitive wages to attract and retain qualified candidates (cited by 29% of bio-economy companies); loss of candidates and employees to large, well-known organizations (cited by 17% of companies); lack of applicants (cited by 10% of companies).

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