Government Skills
A new report predicting big employment opportunities in sectors like business, education, distribution and transport over the current decade to 2017 was welcomed by the Government.
The report – Working Futures – was published by the independent employer body, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). It predicts employment trends over the next ten years and shows that despite the current economic downturn job prospects remain good.
The report says that there will be some sectors of the economy where growth will be particularly strong including computing and the service sector, and paints an optimistic picture for the labour market over the long term to 2017.
It comes at a time when the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) is working to ensure that the skills system is geared to developing people with the right skills, in the right place at the right time so that UK workers can benefit from these new opportunities.
Through the Government's Train to Gain programme it is investing almost £1 billion in work based training, and is building on the ten strategic funding deals with sector skills councils in key areas such as construction, engineering, hospitality, and process and manufacturing, to deliver the skilled staff these industries need.
More about the Working Futures report [External website]
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