Video: More effort needed to ensure post-recession success

Posted by Lucie Mitchell in Managing people on Mon, 11/05/2009 - 15:29
  • Media: Video
  • UK needs to increase efforts to stop UK slipping behind international competitors
  • Jobs, productivity and competitiveness all need to be addressed

A report published last week by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has urged government and businesses to increase their efforts in raising the nation’s skills, to prevent the UK slipping behind international competitors over the next decade in jobs, productivity and competitiveness.

Ambition 2020: Word Class Skills and Jobs for the UK has revealed that whilst there has been a significant improvment in the UK's skills levels over the last 10 years, the real challenge comes from the progress other nations have been making since the 1990s, which requires the UK to set and measure its progress on productivity, employment and skills against its principal global competitors.

The following video shows James Wates, deputy chairman of the Wates Group, giving his view on gaining a competitive advantage by investing in skills.

 

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Hello! And welcome back as we enter 2012, with a busy year ahead of us all. With talk of double-dip recessions, a possible partial or even full break-up of the Eurozone and unemployment rates set to hit nearly 9%, topics such as organisational streamlining, staff resilience and talent management are likely to be on many an HR professional's lips over the next 12 months.
 
But to lighten the gloom here in the UK, we also have the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and its attendant public holidays to look forward to at the start of June. Followed by two weeks of Olympic Games from 27 July to 12 August and the Paralympics from 29 August to 9 September, each generating their own excitement, but also issues to work through for hard-pressed HR departments trying to sort out the multifarious staffing issues in advance.
 
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