Andy Palmer, Managing Director at Skillnet explains why the motor industry will have to face up to a skills shortage unless it recruits new staff. The last few years have been extremely difficult for the whole economy. Recruitment has been stifled and, in the main, employers have looked to develop the staff that they already have rather than taking on new, unskilled and untested recruits. This has had a significant impact on the number of Apprenticeships that have been delivered - with an increase in numbers for older workers and a reduction in numbers for younger people (particularly those aged 16-18). The increase in Apprenticeships for members of the existing workforce has led to questions about what an Apprenticeship is actually for, and particularly, whether Apprenticeships should only be concerned with job creation and not training people who are already in employment. The increase has also led to questions about the quality of the Apprenticeships and whether they have become more about validating existing skills than developing new ones.
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