Nearly 75% of companies are suffering from a lack of skilled workers, which is an increase of 26% over the last 6 months, according to a recent survey. The shortage, which has been evident for some time, seems to be worsening in spite of Government efforts to reduce the shortfall.

The survey was conducted on 550 organisations from different areas of the country and revealed that companies of all sizes were suffering from the lack of skilled workers.

Those employers affected by the shortage were; 80% of organisations employing more than 5000, 75% of organisations with 501-1000 employees, and 68% of companies employing less than 100 people

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