UK Commission for Employment & Skills
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills is a publicly funded, industry-led organisation that offers guidance on skills and employment issues in the UK. Their responsibilities include giving businesses and people advice on the labour market so they can make informed decisions, carrying out employment and skills policies to develop a workforce that can compete internationally and helping more employers invest in their employees’ skills.
Work experience “lottery” fuelling youth unemployment
Young people are almost twice as likely to find work experience in some parts of the country than others, according...
Skills shortages blight one in five vacancies, finds survey
Employers struggle to fill around one in five jobs because of skills shortages – and these vacancies are growing twice...
Employers need incentives to create apprenticeships, says UKCES
Employers must be given incentives to encourage high-quality apprenticeships, according to a report by the UK Commission for Employment and...
Government invites employers to bid for training funds
Employers will be able to bid for a share of £150 million in training funding to deliver the specific skills...
Bigger not necessarily better for L&D spending
EXCLUSIVEThe amount of money that organisations invest in training does not necessarily equate to the quality of training they receive, according...
David Fairhurst of McDonald’s appointed to UK Commission for Employment and Skills
David Fairhurst, chief people officer of McDonald’s Europe and a former Personnel Today HR Director of the Year, has been...
Government quango cuts: who survived?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has survived the Government’s quango cuts but many others have been axed or are still under...
Employers happy with younger workers but skills gap persists
Most employers are happy with the calibre of young people they recruit, although one in five say their existing workforce...
Skills of UK workforce need ‘radical’ reform, UKCES warns
The UK must radically reform the skills of its workforce or risk the economy losing its world-class ranking, experts have...
Skills shortages still a worry for UK employers despite millions of unemployed
Skills shortages remain a worrying issue for many UK companies despite millions of people being unemployed, research revealed today.Almost one-third...
Skills shortage vacancies almost halved since 2007
The number of skills shortage vacancies has fallen dramatically in the past two years, new research shows.
The UK Commission...
Literacy and numeracy online tool ‘a key step forward’, says skills chief
The head of the skills commission has hailed a free workplace online tool that assesses the skills and abilities of health...
CBI and BCC back call for employers to help tackle youth unemployment
Business heavyweights from the CBI and British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) have joined the CIPD and TUC in urging employers...
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