1. World problems
  2. Lack of skilled workers

Lack of skilled workers

  • Inadequate supply of appropriate trained manpower
  • Scarcity of expertise
  • Insufficient trained workforce
  • Shortage of skilled manpower
  • Undertrained labour force
  • Unskilled work force
  • Chronic skills shortage
  • Unavailability of educated manpower
  • Absence of tradespeople

Incidence

A new dilemma has emerged in the workplace: an increasing shortage of skills in the places enjoying the best economic growth, coupled with a continuing - sometimes worsening - shortage of attractive work opportunities in other regions. The shortage of skills hampers the pace of recovery and growth in one place; high unemployment and lack of opportunities hampers social cohesion and enhancement in another. Often those who are unemployed or underemployed in one place have skills that are in short supply elsewhere. Bridging the two can transform both business and employment prospects.

Broader

Labour shortage
Unpresentable

Narrower

Aggravates

Aggravated by

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Strategy

Value

Absence
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Lack
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthSustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced InequalitySustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Purchasing, supplying
  • Education » Educational level
  • Information » Expertise
  • Social activity » Human resources » Human resources
  • Social activity » Professions
  • Social activity » Workers
  • Societal problems » Inadequacy
  • Societal problems » Scarcity
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J0372
    DOCID
    12003720
    D7NID
    133671
    Last update
    May 20, 2022