Aviation professionals are in high demand

The worldwide epidemic rocked the aviation sector to its core. According to an Oxford Economics July 2022 report, 2.3 million employment have been lost across airlines, airports, and civil aerospace firms since the Covid-19 outbreak – a 21% decrease from pre-pandemic levels. With the sector gradually recovering vigour, hundreds of job opportunities pose a new difficulty - a shortage of available personnel. "The last couple of years have been difficult for the entire aviation industry," said Martin Horan, a Learning & Development specialist and teacher at Aeroclass, a subscription-based digital learning platform focused especially on aviation. After years of working in the industry, people found themselves jobless and turned to other fields for work, as aviation often equips people having numerous easily transferrable talents. When employment become available again, many of individuals who changed occupations during the epidemic are not returning. People might become complacent in their professions and only when pushed to face a challenge will they discover other options, which can be even more thrilling." According to Martin, while the aviation business has many recruitment issues, they vary by market. "While the main headache for recruiters in well-developed aviation markets is a lack of enthusiastic talent, in less developed markets, such as Africa, well-trained individuals are finding it difficult to advance their careers and do not have enough opportunities to thrive in aviation."

With the sector failing to recruit fresh talent, it is critical to maintain existing employees in the aviation business. "Providing ample opportunities for employees to continue learning can aid in talent retention." Learning is a habit that helps workers to stay relevant and current while also acquiring and improving key skills. It is critical to provide learning chances for people who wish to learn and develop themselves. "By doing so, businesses can not only retain their current employees, but also reskill them as needed," Martin noted. While investing in people's talents and abilities is critical to keeping and recruiting talent, investing in relationships should not be overlooked. "Organisations should build relationships with their people, care about them, continue training, multiskilling people, be agile, and not be stuck in old ways," believes Aeroclass speaker. "I also believe that recruitment and retention are important should not be limited to human resources, but should encompass all levels of management. Greater attention from organisational leadership might have a significant influence on overall corporate procedures." Even though aviation has long been seen as an appealing and exciting sector, there is much to be learned from other disciplines. "There are many companies and industries that are improving their recruitment management." Consider technological firms. "Exchanging cross-industry know-how could be beneficial in attracting current and future talent into aviation," said Martin Horan. Source : Avia Solution Group