Earlier this week, the government announced the launch ofSkills England, estimating that skills shortages now account for more than a third of job vacancies. Shadow work and pensions secretary Mel Stride said the government needed to provide more detail on how it would get people back into work....
“Way to Work supported half a million unemployed people to move into work, helping employers across the UK to fill vacancies backed by free recruitment support from jobcentres. “Our nationwide jobcentres continue to connect jobseekers with the vast number of opport...
People with no qualifications have low employment rates when compared with the working age population as a whole, despite the fact that the majority of Jobcentre Plus vacancies do not state the need for qualifications, and evidence sugge... Department for Work and Pensions, Internet and Design ...
although the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has reported that the true figure might be 6.3m, and only 476,000 job vacancies. That means 5.6 people are applying for every job, or 13.2 people if the TUC figures are used.