The combination of a stable economy and historically low levels of unemployment has had the consequence of intensifying the skills shortage as more businesses compete for fewer available skills. As a result, there are over 650,000 vacancies advertised today, 85 per cent of businesses have experienced recruitment difficulties in the last year, and nearly one in three companies received no applications whatsoever for advertised positions.*

In a business climate where the skills shortage means specialist personnel are scarce and competition for them is fierce, it is more important than ever that organisations are able to find the skills they require quickly and easily to maintain their competitive edge.

Even without a skills shortage to contend with finding the right skills for your business is never easy. Conventional methods such as advertising, recruitment agencies, internet searches and word of mouth recommendations can be time consuming, costly and often produce unsatisfactory results.

The Resource Broker business services marketplace has been created to provide a new and better way to plug your skills gap. Managing Director Steve Christian comments, "Businesses can join the Resource Broker at no cost and then simply describe their skill requirements and the Resource Broker will find appropriate suppliers and invite them to bid to provide the skills you need. You can then evaluate the proposals and if a potential supplier looks promising you can request a meeting with them. Because suppliers are invited to submit bids in the knowledge their competitors will be doing the same prices are driven down. Its that simple."

In todays fast-changing technological environment the Resource Broker enables organisations to focus on their core activities and to quickly and easily outsource any additional skill requirements as and when they are needed. Steve Christian says, "Its like having the best book of contacts in the business, with every type of skilled personnel at your disposal."

* Source: Chartered of and Development, 2004

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