The reasons for these difficulties ranged from lack of desire to work unsociable hours - 43 per cent of candidates wanted to work different hours than those offered, to a lack of suitable applicants. Out of the 850 senior managers interviewed for the study, 42 per cent said that they received too few applicants for the posts, 36 per cent said that there was a lack of qualified applicants and 24 per cent said that there were too few applicants with the right experience.
Paul Bonel, director of the playwork unit at SkillsActive, was surprised at the cited reasons. He said, 'I suggest that the biggest factor in recruitment continues to be terms and conditions, followed by the part-time nature of the work, and the absence of progression routes for qualification.'
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