According to the recent Accenture High Performance Workforce Study, corporate executives surveyed say there is a problem with skills in the workforce. Critical functions are reported as not performing as strongly as they should:

Only 14% of respondents described the overall skill level of their organizations’ entire workforce as industry leading.
Just 20% of respondents said the [...]

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40% of Employers Worldwide Are Struggling to Find Qualified Job Candidates

According to a Manpower survey of nearly 33,000 employers across 23 countries and territories, 40 percent of employers worldwide are having difficulty filling positions due to the lack of suitable talent available in their markets.

The top 10 jobs that employers are having difficulty filling across [...]

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Labor shortage? Look to next decade, experts say
-Randy Southerland, Atlanta Business Journal
While predictions of a labor shortage have produced considerable hand-wringing in the press, experts say that business and industry, who now have their pick of workers for the first time in years, are doing nothing to prepare for a return to 1990s-style shortages.

“They can [...]

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The rapidly aging global workforce – caused mainly by the number of retirement-eligible employees continuing to work – is both a challenge and major opportunity for corporations, according to a report released by The Conference Board. America’s Aging Workforce Posing New Opportunities and Challenges for Companies
“The maturing workforce is often seen as an issue to [...]

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