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Skills Gap in SME – First, link skills and employment policy to regional strategy
According to Siemens UK and Northern Europe HR director Toby Peyton-Jones, for small businesses the skills crisis is “the elephant in the room”. “They just haven’t got the bandwidth to get involved with this agenda,” he says. In his view, there are two approaches to making it easier for SMEs. The first is by linking … Continue reading
Skills Gap in Cyber Security in UK – Half of firms would hire hackers and ex-convicts
Increasingly worried about the state of their cyber security, and unable to hire or retain specialist staff, U.K. firms are looking to hire hackers and ex-convicts in a desperate bid to secure their networks. In a report released Monday, KPMG said that over the past two years it has become increasingly difficult to find and … Continue reading
Skills Gap in UK – Young people lack appropriate work behaviour and time management skills says report
The report ‘Improving Employability in the UK’, found that young people lack appropriate work behaviour and time management skills. 57% of SMEs had concerns they would use their mobile phones at work and 46% worried they wouldn’t be punctual. Apprentice star Karren Brady, who chairs the LifeSkills Advisory Council, launched the report, which calls on … Continue reading
Quebec – More vocational training needed ? (audio)
The Quebec economy needs skilled workers, and we are not training enough of them. Are we too focused on university? Should the next generation opt for vocational training instead? Click on the image to get to the audio file: via Would more vocational training lead to a stronger economy? – CBC News – Latest … Continue reading
Skills Gap in UK – Asking for help still stigmatized
There is still a stigma around asking for help to develop skills in the workplace, according to National Consortium of Colleges and Providers (NCCP) chairman Harvey Young.Young is spearheading the campaign For Business, For Life in an attempt to secure £50 million worth of training from the EU’s European Social fund. The UK government has … Continue reading
The Digital Skills Gap – IT can only improve performance with the right training
You’d think that with the advance of emerging computer, nano, mobile — and now yes, even wearable — technologies, individual productivity would be soaring. Instead, of the more than 200 million adults in the US digital workforce, only one in ten consider themselves ‘very proficient’ with the digital tools they use every day. And research … Continue reading
The Ageing Europe – Worker mobility key to tackle EU demographic and skills challenges reports says
To address the effects of population ageing, the EU will need to close the gender gap and increase the participation of young and older workers in the labour market, but mobility and migration also have a key role to play. This is the main finding of the joint Commission-OECD report on Matching Economic Migration with … Continue reading
Skills Gap in US – 31 percent say employers aren’t willing to train new hires for the specific skills they need
In a new online survey of over 2,000 U.S. adults, conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of online business training software leader Mindflash, both employed and unemployed Americans believe that employers’ lack of willingness to train new employees is the leading reason why many Americans are unemployed and job opportunities are sitting unfilled for longer … Continue reading
The Skills gap in US – The available evidence does not support the idea that there are serious skill gaps or skill shortages writes Wharton School’s prof
Overall, the available evidence does not support the idea that there are serious skill gaps or skill shortages in the US labour force. The prevailing situation in the US labour market, as in most developed economies, continues to be skill mismatches where the average worker and job candidate has more education than their current job … Continue reading
The Skills Gap in US – The ‘not me’ syndrome: the Report
Sixty-one percent of Americans believe that today’s workforce is plagued by a skills gap, but do not see themselves as part of the problem, according to new data released today. The Udemy Skills Gap Index, an independent survey commissioned by Udemy, the leading global marketplace for learning and teaching online, and conducted by ResearchNow, surveyed 1,000 … Continue reading
Skills Gap in US – Sixty-one percent say ‘Yes, it exists’ but ‘not me’!
Sixty-one percent of Americans believe that today’s workforce is plagued by a skills gap, but do not see themselves as part of the problem, according to new data released today. The Udemy Skills Gap Index, an independent survey commissioned by Udemy, the leading global marketplace for learning and teaching online, and conducted by ResearchNow, surveyed … Continue reading
Canada – Skills shortages have developed in certain fields and regions in recent years OECD finds
Skills shortages have developed in certain fields and regions in recent years. Earnings premiums for people in some professions, notably health, engineering and skilled trades have increased. And vacancy rates have risen for skilled trades, with the increase being particularly large in Alberta and Saskatchewan. While reforms have been implemented to strengthen adjustment so as … Continue reading
US – Employers are no longer investing resources in training
Yesterday my colleague, Matthew Philips, raised an interesting question about the skill gap, pointing to new research that claims the problem is not that workers are unqualified, but that companies’ expectations have changed: They are no longer investing resources in training their staff. It’s not hard to see why. Training is expensive, and Philips notes … Continue reading
US – Headcount additions remain highly targeted in the face of ongoing skills gaps and rising wage pressure says PwC
In the first quarter of this year, 63% of Trendsetter companies told us they’d add staff in the next quarter, the highest level we’ve seen in several years. So we weren’t particularly surprised when the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that June’s unemployment rate had dropped to 6.1%. In fact, average unemployment in 2Q14 … Continue reading
Skills Gap around the World – How it affects the global economy (Infographic)
by CareerBuilder. Employers in the world’s 10 largest economies are all struggling with the same task: finding skilled workers to fill open positions. When businesses lack the necessary skilled workers, they suffer from less effective business performance, lower quality work, lower morale and higher employee turnover. via How the Skills Gap Affects the Global Economy | … Continue reading
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