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get the skills you need despite talent scarcity.

Despite a looming recession on the horizon, many employers still experience talent scarcity. So, what can businesses do to overcome this scarcity and ensure they have the talent to be successful? For more on this topic, Peter Topler, Global Head of Intelligence Advisory for Randstad, sits down with Joost Heins, Vice President of Global Business Insights, to discuss how businesses can gain access to the skills they need. 

In this Q&A podcast, you’ll learn:

  • How a possible recession will further impact the skills shortage (1:20)
  • The proactive steps companies are taking to prepare for a looming recession (5:08)
  • The importance of maintaining a strong employer brand despite the economic uncertainty to attract talent with needed skills (6:20)
  • Why you should plan ahead by matching the skills you need with the skills already in the organization (8:04)
  • How layoffs in the tech industry can benefit other sectors like banking and life sciences (9:38)

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about the author

Head of Intelligence Advisory, Talent Advisory. As Senior Vice President and Consulting Principal with Randstad Enterprise’s Talent Advisory practice, Péter brings 23 years of combined experience in global talent acquisition, including 14 years dedicated specifically to global solutions design. He has spent over a decade founding and scaling some of the market’s earliest talent intelligence teams, helping the world’s most recognized brands define their overarching talent frameworks, location optimizations, and competitor footprint strategies. Rather than relying on high-level data dumps, Péter conducts tailored "voice of business" sessions and strategic workshops to deeply uncover the root causes of an organization's specific friction points. As one of the original architects of Randstad Enterprise’s Global In-demand Skills research, he excels at placing a practical, consultative overlay on top of raw labor metrics—transforming complex, multi-market data into actionable, future-proof workforce strategy blueprints.

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