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Within this section you will find a wealth of additional information, commentary and links that we have collected surrounding the workforce demographics, retirement, the experience gap and other related items. They had all been published on our blog ‘The Battle For Experience’ but we have republished them all here - and will continue to do so. Why not register for updates via Twitter or RSS
Category Archives: Skills crisis
Closing The Skills Gap
Our friends at McKinsey recently provided some analysis on what business can do to restart growth, Funny – one of their ideas was to ‘close the skills gap’. Many advanced economies are grappling with a severe mismatch between the skills … Closing The Skills Gap
We Are Not Alone
… I know we have been going on about this for a while now. We know our readers agree. That’s whay you are here – right ? Still – always nice to get support from alternative sources ….. This one … We Are Not Alone
Labour claims police officers will be forced to retire
This news is a little old for some of you I am sure – however purposeful demonstration that the growing problem of skills shortages due to early retirement and budget pressures knows no bounds. More than 2,000 of the country’s … Labour claims police officers will be forced to retire
The New Odd Couple: Skilled Worker Shortages and High Unemployment
YouTube last week announced it expects to have its biggest hiring year in 2011, with plans to grow its staff by 30%. The Google-owned video site has dozens of open positions in all areas, with a high number of them … The New Odd Couple: Skilled Worker Shortages and High Unemployment
5 Signs That Is Is Time To Hire
From our friends at BNET, couldn’t help but notice their 4th point – noted here. Your people don’t have the skills. This is a tricky one. Just because you’re entering a new business area or are launching a new product … 5 Signs That Is Is Time To Hire
Labor Stats Tell Troubling Story Of Rising Turnover
This is a really telling piece of data that demonstrates the coming shift of power between employer and employee … Back in October of 2009, a full 50% of private sector separations were due to Layoffs & Discharges, with 42% … Labor Stats Tell Troubling Story Of Rising Turnover
The Tussle For Talent
A great article from The Economist – that amongst other things points out that “Successful companies make sure that senior managers are involved with “talent developmentâ€. Jack Welch and A.G. Lafley, former bosses of GE and P&G, claimed that they … The Tussle For Talent
Skilled Worker Shortages
Originally posted by Perfect Labor Storm … Despite widely differing stories on job creation and economic growth, the U.S. and India share a common problem: skilled worker shortages. The Indian economy is growing at a 9 percent clip.  The U.S. … Skilled Worker Shortages
Overworked Employees Ready To Job Hop
From our friends at Perfect Labor Storm – an interesting article on why people are leaving organizations – pretty damming data I’d say. What is your experience ?
Building a world where no-one can excel
So here it is folks, the result of education, education, education … a system that leaves students wishing to take up science subjects at University now needing an extra year’s education for, amongst other things, ‘remedial maths’.
And get this… a new scheme to give those not going to University £7,000 to spend on education to prove that there are other ways of becoming educated than that.
Excuse me for being a tad cynical, but do we really believe that this is all going to go on education? I am sure that some of it will be used well and that we will hear some good case studies, but something tells me that this is just one more way of preventing rather than providing education. In the good old days we had polytechnics and such. Building a world where no-one can excel