Managers fear recession skills gap
13 July 2009
The recession has left a fifth of managers facing a skills gap, according to a new study.
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A fifth of managers think their company is suffering from a skills gap because of the recession, new research has found.
The Vodafone Working Nation report also revealed that it is women who are filling this gap.
It found that female workers are twice as likely as their male colleagues to report that they have had to learn new skills to make up for a shortage in talent.
However, the research warned that many firms are on a knife edge, with 70 per cent of employers stating that further cost cutting would damage their business.
Peter Kelly, enterprise director at Vodafone UK, said: "It's important to investigate how reorganisations of workforces are impacting the skills base, what makes the difference between surviving and succeeding, and what advice can be given in managing costs without destroying old and new skills."
Firms that do scale back training schemes could find that their most talented workers walk out the door.
Sirota Survey Intelligence recently warned that people could come to the conclusion that their employer views workers as a cost that needs to be controlled, rather than an asset and look to move on because of this.
