Young graduates accepting unskilled jobs, businesses forced to recruit abroad to find employees with the appropriate skills, everything shows that training in the UK isn’t adapted to the labor market. This situation has once again caused employers to react and criticize a school system that creates ‘exam robots.’ Even the government has recognized, in a recent report, that the UK was facing a shortage in skilled workers, especially in engineering, a sector where 1 in 5 jobs is allegedly filled in by a foreigner in gas and oil extraction, the aerospace industry and electronics. (Ref. 130743)
“Employers want young people who are enthusiastic, confident, creative and resilient, not just exam robots,” warns the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), worried in a recent report that the school system isn’t adapted to the labor market. John Cridland, CBI Director-General, says “Too many young people are failed by a system which is primarily focused on getting them through exams rather than nurturing and developing the whole person.” He also gave an interview to the Times. This...
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