【英国】是什么造成了“技能缺口”危机？

What is causing the 'skills-gap' crisis?

The recent TalentShortage Survey has highlighted long-held concerns about the "skills gap"problem: employer's struggle to find employees with the right skills for theright roles.

Taking data from41,700 hiring managers in 42 countries, the survey revealed that 38% ofparticipating employers said they had difficulties filling jobs.

However, withroles constantly evolving and companies transforming at faster rates than everbefore, a survey from Gallup found that only 50% of workers knew exactly whatwas expected of them at work.

Jason Schwartz,CEO and Co-Founder of General Assembly, believes that today's changeableworkplace is one of the central factors in the skills-gap problem -Entrepreneur reports.

Schwartz believesthat if companies surveyed their current workers, to find out if theirday-to-day matches the job description that convinced them to apply in thefirst place, the skills-gap problem would be somewhat solved.

His comments arebacked-up by a 2016 CareerBuilder survey which found that 75% of respondentsadmitted to hiring the wrong person for the position.

If hires lack theskills needed to succeed in their job descriptions, then the skills problemsthat companies face will only get worse.

McKinsey &Company's 2015 survey found that companies were more likely to succeed if theywere had diverse hiring processes.

It concluded thatdiverse teams are likely to create "positive tension", forcing innovation andfostering skill-centred environments geared with growth mindsets. 

最近的《人才短缺调查》强调了长期以来关于"技能缺口"问题的担忧：雇主很难找到具备正确技能并能胜任职位的员工。

调查从42个国家的41,700名招聘经理处采集数据，结果显示有38％的雇主表示在填补职位空缺方面遇到困难。

然而，随着角色不断变化以及公司的快速转型，Gallup的一项调查发现，只有50％的员工确切知晓自己的工作职责。

《企业家》报道，General Assembly的首席执行官兼联合创始人杰森•施瓦茨（Jason Schwartz）认为，现今变化的工作环境是造成技能缺口问题的核心原因之一。

施瓦茨认为，如果公司对现有员工进行调查，以确定他们的日常工作是否符合他们最初申请职位时所看到的职位描述，技能缺口问题就会在一定程度上得到解决。

他的评论得到了《2016年CareerBuilder调查》的支持，该调查发现75％的受访者承认招聘了不符合职位要求的人。

如果被雇佣者缺乏职位描述所需技能，那么公司面临的技能问题只会变得更糟。

麦肯锡2015年的调查发现，如果公司采取多样化的招聘流程，公司更有可能取得成功。

调查得出的结论是，多样化的团队很可能会产生"积极的紧张感"，激发创新和培养以心态成长为目标、以技术为中心的环境。

（翻译：毛毓郁）

信息来源：

https://www.hrgrapevine.com/content/article/news-2017-03-29-what-is-causing-the-skill-gap-crisis

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