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Skills Gap
BC’s Liquefied Natural Gas / Union leaders join Premier to train thousands workers
Some of British Columbia’s most powerful labour leaders are pledging to work with Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal government and the energy industry to help thousands of B.C. workers land jobs in what could be the province’s multi-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas industry. B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair and B.C. Building Trades Council executive director … Continue reading
US Aerospace Workforce / A Perfect Storm is coming
Increasing global demand, constrained capacity, and labor scarcity are changing the geography of high-tech manufacturing Continue reading
US / Why Jobs Go Unfilled In Spite of High Unemployment
The U.S. has an unemployment rate over 7 percent, yet as we’ve been traveling around the country, we constantly hear from employers that they can’t fill positions, particularly those that require higher skills. How is that possible? Continue reading
US / What explains the yawning gap between jobs open and jobs filled?
Such a structural mismatch may well explain part of the gap, yet it seems unlikely that it explains most of it. A second explanation is that employers are offering jobs at wages that are too low to attract good applicants Continue reading
Saskatchewan / Shortage of skilled tradespeople
Although Saskatchewan is well on its way into another year of the recent economic boom, there are many labour challenges that remain constant Continue reading
China’s Skills Gap / The most severe managerial shortage in the world
China will experience the most severe managerial shortage in the world in the second half of 2013, continuing a five-year trend, according to a survey of executive search consultants Continue reading
Detroit / There are jobs on the horizon, but workers fall short on skills
Detroit’s labor force is unprepared for the jobs that may be coming Continue reading
The open talent economy is doing for work what the open source model did for IT
What the open source model did for software development, the open talent economy is doing for work Continue reading
UK / Startups are closing the high-tech skills gap
Rather than waiting for the education system to catch up, tech firms are taking the initiative on training Continue reading
The Skills Gap / What Can Government Do
In Greece and South Africa, more than half of young adults are out of work. In much of the Middle East, the figure is 25 p.ercent; in the United States, it’s about one in six. Yet at the same time, businesses complain that they can’t find enough workers. What’s going on? Continue reading
UK / 13.5 million job vacancies, but only 7 million school and college leavers
During the next decade, there will be 13.5 million job vacancies in the UK, but only 7 million school and college leavers – leaving a gap that immigration cannot plug Continue reading
Technology Skills Gap: Fact or Fiction? Part I (Video)
Many organizations are looking to take advantage of technologies like unified communications, mobility, big data, and cloud solutions (to name a few) to enhance business operations and remain competitive in their sectors. Implementing and supporting such solutions requires highly specialized engineers to design, install and manage networks as the backbone of these deployments – video – The myths and realities of the technology skills gap with Gary Beach
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US / Labor Surplus, Labor Shortage, and the Skills Gap
US Job Market has two significant problems — a labor surplus and a labor shortage. High unemployment and a lack of job opportunity for young people – the surplus; employers who can’t find the highly skilled workforce needed – the shortage Continue reading
US / A skills Gap ? Most H-1B IT Foreign Workers hold entry-level positions
There is little empirical evidence to suggest that foreign engineers displace American engineers as a whole. If anything, one recent study suggests, the growth of immigrant workers in American companies helps younger American technical workers — more of them are hired and at higher-paying jobs — but has no noticeable consequences, good or bad, on … Continue reading
Ontario / Skills Gaps costs are high and they affect major sectors says The Conference Board
Ontario faces skills gaps in many areas and that these entail significant costs for businesses, individuals, and the province Continue reading
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