Staffing challenges rarely begin or end with an open position. When a lab is understaffed, work gets reprioritized, remaining employees absorb added pressure, and important skills or knowledge may be lost. Filling the vacancy matters, but if you don’t think carefully about how you recruit and how you support both the employees already on your team and the ones you bring in, you risk falling into a cycle of turnover.
This guide connects strategies for navigating understaffing and competing for qualified candidates with longer-term approaches to training, recognition, and employee development. Together, these efforts can help labs maintain performance while building a workforce that is better prepared for future demands.
Download our Lab Staffing Resource Guide to learn how to:
- Manage workloads, priorities, and communication during staffing shortages
- Broaden your candidate pool and create a stronger recruitment experience
- Build internal capabilities using training and professional development
- Support retention through meaningful recognition and more equitable work distribution
