Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
Figure 3-47: Current and planned initiatives to attract, develop and retain employees
75%
75%
71%
81%
Train current employees to fill in the gaps
66%
Provide better benefits and incentives for
employees
75%
63%
67%
56%
Offer better salaries as compared to
industry average
75%
43%
67%
51%
50%
49%
57%
Offer training and development for
specialist position or emerging skill needs
35%
Hire people with no direct qualifications,
but with relevant experience
25%
26%
57%
29%
25%
23%
Partner with education and training
institutions to source for potential
employees
43%
13%
25%
Hire from other countries
11%
10%
12%
8%
14%
10%
Hire more women seeking to re-enter the
workforce
Support education and training
institutions in their activities, e.g. lecture,
students’ competition, career fair, career
counselling, etc.
10%
17%
14%
0%
TOTAL
Surgical/Medical Gloves
Other Medical
Consumables
Non-consumables
146