Great Britain: businesses start lacking skilled applicants

High demand in skilled workers. Nearly 700 employers from all sectors and all sizes, for a total of 2.4 million workers, were surveyed by the CBI, which recently published a new report entitled: “Ready to grow: business priorities for education and skills.” 51% of employers wonder if they will be able to find applicants for positions requesting a certain level of university skills – or even higher – in the future. 32% of them are not confident they will be able to find enough people with the skills needed for their intermediate-skilled roles and 30% think that the need for low-skilled workers is going to decrease.
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nts for positions requesting a certain level of university skills – or even higher – in the future. 32% of them are not confident they will be able to find enough people with the skills needed for their intermediate-skilled roles and 30% think that the need for low-skilled workers is going to decrease.


An existing talent shortage. These are worrying figures, that don’t simply reflect the future since already 45% of employers already have, in spite of the recession, trouble recruiting skilled wor

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