Black Swans Exist recruits experts and specialists for the life science sector, which has a major labor shortage. Without new political focus, the shortage will continue for a long time to come, says CEO, Per Christensen, in this edition of SelskabsDialogen.
The Danish recruitment company, Black Swans Exist, has set itself the goal of being the extended arm of the life science sector when it comes to finding and recruiting the employees that the entire sector is experiencing a great shortage of.
Since its founding in 2020, it has focused primarily on start-ups and scale-up companies, and according to CEO, Per Christensen, it has been a long, tough journey to create a place in the recruitment market.
“It’s hard work. It’s a lot of emails and a lot of calls. And when you get a chance somewhere, you have to perform. When you perform, you often get another chance. That way, you quietly build a network.”
Denmark is one of the major nations when it comes to Life Science, and therefore as a country we are also in fierce competition with other world-leading countries within this particular sector to find and recruit the employees that are currently in short supply.
And there are not so few people missing in Danish life science companies.
“In healthcare alone, there will be a shortage of 25,000 people in Denmark by 2030. In pharma, the number is 15,000, and in addition, there are areas such as biotech, bioindustrials and medical devices that are all also lacking hands. So we are missing a lot of people.”
When you, like Black Swans Exist, search for highly specialized labor from most of the world, you often find that the candidates already have a job.
“They actually always have, and it’s always quite well paid. So it’s expensive to bring the right people to Denmark. The candidates are often interested until the conversation turns to the Danish tax rate,” says Per Christensen.
He says that many candidates who have a good job abroad are often deterred by the very high Danish withholding rates, and in general by the very complicated Danish tax system.
And if the development is to be turned upside down so that Danish companies find it easier to recruit specialists from around the world, the political approach to issues such as tax and foreigners must be changed, believes Per Christensen.
“Those are the two solutions we need to look at. International, qualified labor must be prioritized. And then we need to accept that we have to win a battle for innovation, and not a battle over who can tax their population the most.”
This article is sourced from www.marketconnect.dk.