Nearly one-third of organizations increased their overall benefits offerings in the last 12 months, mainly to get a leg up on their competitors, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2017 Employee Benefits Survey.

The top reason for increasing benefits was to remain competitive in the talent marketplace, as two-thirds (68 percent) of the 3,227 human resource professionals surveyed say last year they experienced recruiting difficulty and skill shortages for certain types of jobs.

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Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.