Employers in Britain are starting to feel the effects of a lack of skilled workers. For some years now the country has been tackling the problem of skills shortages. A recent government report has again raised the alarm and the government has called on universities and employers to work together on the issue.
Presently, one in five job offers stays unfilled due to a lack of skilled workers and the country increasingly finds itself confronting a skills crisis. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has again sounded the alarm in a report “Forging Futures: Building higher-level skills through university and employer collaboration,” saying that almost half of businesses are employing staff without the necessary skills or qualifications. UKCES emphasizes the need for fast action given that
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