Skills Gap in Georgia – Many firms complain about the quality of workforce education

Many firms in Georgia complain about the quality of workforce education, especially technical and vocational, which is one indicator of a skills gap. Roughly, one firm in five sees workforce education as a major or severe problem. To put this figure into context, workforce education is deemed by a bigger problem than other labor related issues, such as payroll taxes or employment protection legislation. Even more importantly, Georgian employers consider the quality of workface education a bigger obstacle to the activity of their firms than other investment climate factors, such as business licensing, custom and trade regulations, or access to land. This means that the quality of education is indeed a major constraint to the growth of the Georgian economy.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at  Workforce Skills in the Eyes of the Employers