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Hundreds of skilled women employed by the handicrafts industry lost their jobs.
Davidson argues that the inability of employers to recruit skilled workers, particularly in the manufacturing industry, is not a result of a mismatch between the type of education being undertaken by students and the skill sets demanded by the current job market, but rather a function of low wages being offered by employers.
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In fact, both Hecht and Hague are currently working with local universities to develop curriculums that directly apply to the skilled work available in the fast-growing digital media industry.
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The tech industry is also concerned about the difficulty of importing skilled labour.
Davidson pays particular attention to the manufacturing industry, which is often mentioned as suffering acutely from a small skilled labor pool.
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Maureen McMullan, Managing Director of Roll Formed, said the construction industry was under pressure for faster building combined with a shortage of skilled tradesmen.
Behind the decline is a rush by property developers to build apartments for thousands of skilled migrants expected to seek work in the Pacific nation's booming mining industry.
He pumps billions into university research in places like Ireland and Australia because he believes it creates a skilled workforce and attracts top talent, setting the table for high-tech industry and foreign direct investment.
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Over the past decade an innovative approach to workforce development, known as sectoral employment, has created industry-specific training programs that prepare and connect unemployed and under-skilled workers to employers desperate to fill skilled vacancies.
In a recent survey of Welsh companies, the Construction Industry Training Board found that 69% of participating companies had found difficulties in recruiting skilled staff, with employers experiencing the most difficulty in recruiting carpenters and joiners and bricklayers.
Demand for top tech talent also has prompted the industry to lobby the State Department to give out more H1-B visas to highly skilled foreign-born immigrants.
Business and industry need to work in tandem with our educational institutions to insure the pool of applicants is appropriately skilled for the jobs that are created.
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