skills gap Archives

Nine out of 10 employees will have to reskill by 2030

Oct 20, 2020 | 0 |

What will be the most prevalent areas of education for UK employees to reskill in?

Emotional intelligence skills gap emerging in UK

Dec 5, 2019 | 0 |

Less than 1 per cent of candidates include an emotional intelligence trait on CV.

Royston Guest: Five steps to identifying the skills gaps in your organisation

Nov 21, 2019 | 0 |

“You must be able to move internal talent around, to switch roles between people.”

Revealed: UK workers don’t have the tech skills they need to do their job

Jun 27, 2019 | 0 |

A majority of British workers say they rely on technology to do their job – but that doesn’t mean they know how to use it. This is according to the 2019 Tech Skills Index report.

Liza Andersin: What happens to Health & Safety laws post Brexit?

Apr 8, 2019 | 0 |

In the workplace, health and safety may seem too obvious to need explaining but with the legal attachment’s to businesses of any size and the impending Brexit, things are not as simple as they seem, says Liza Andersin.

Andrew Secker: Embracing the new retirement

Mar 13, 2019 | 0 |

With UK workers living and working longer, we are beginning to see many looking for a new type of retirement, says Andrew Secker.

Businesses focus on L&D in bid to close skills gaps

Mar 6, 2019 | 0 |

What are the top in-demand European soft skills?

Adaptability revealed as the most desirable skill of 2019

Jan 10, 2019 | 0 |

Research shows something of a disconnect between employers’ expectations and candidates’ beliefs in their own skills.

Latest labour productivity figures point to war for talent

Jan 9, 2019 | 0 |

Need we do some more lateral thinking to improve conditions for innovation?

Data skills gap threatens UK business, say two thirds of CEOs

Nov 8, 2018 | 0 |

Almost three quarters (71 per cent) of CEOs across the UK and Ireland believe their business could be at risk from current blind spots in data access and skills.

Higher skilled roles rise, as skills gaps grow

Nov 5, 2018 | 0 |

More than three-quarters (79 per cent) of businesses expect to increase the number of higher-skilled roles over the coming years. Yet two-thirds (66 per cent) fear that there will be a lack of sufficiently skilled people to fill vacancies.

Debra Gers: Attraction and retention – how to get the best out of your staff

Sep 11, 2017 | 0 |

What can you do to stand out from your competitors and how can you attract the best people? Debra Gers from leading law firm Blake Morgan discusses what can be done to retain staff.

Nation of Not In Skilled Employment (NISKEs) as skills crisis grips UK

Sep 8, 2017 | 0 |

Two fifths of UK workforce identify themselves as Not In Skilled Employment (NISKE) – with majority struggling to move up career ladder since 2012

UK skills gap costing businesses more than £2 billion

Jul 3, 2017 | 0 |

The skills gap is costing UK businesses more than £2 billion a year in higher salaries, recruitment costs and temporary staffing, according to research from The Open University.

UK’s skills crisis laid bare

Apr 19, 2017 | 0 |

The UK’s skills crisis has been laid bare as a new CIPD report shows nation is bottom of international class on key measures

Employers facing talent poverty as skills shortages rise 130% in four years

Feb 4, 2016 | 0 |

New research has found that the modest economic growth of the past four years has been met by an unprecedented shortage of skills, leaving thousands of vacancies unfilled.