UK recruiters are reporting that one of the biggest challenges for businesses at the moment is being able to find the right workers for their advertised vacancies.
Latest labour market statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), show that interestingly both the number of unemployed people and the number of vacancies has increased between October-December last year.
Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) director of policy Tom Hadley commented on the recent findings, “As inflation is still outstripping pay growth the increase in volume of jobseekers could be a result of households struggling financially and more people are going out to look for work.
“The feedback from recruiters is that one of the overriding challenges remains finding the right candidates for the available vacancies. The fact that more people are now seeking work could help this situation. However, the biggest issue is the skills mismatch the country is facing and the new jobseekers might not necessarily have what employers are looking for.”
He added, “Our own data shows that businesses are offering higher starting salaries for new hires which demonstrates what they are prepared to do to find the talent they need. Another specific way to address skills shortages is for government to broaden the Apprenticeship Levy so the whole workforce including agency workers can benefit from training.”
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