Budget 2017: Retraining scheme to build skills for future

“We need to help people to retrain during their working lives,” said chancellor Philip Hammond

Millennials careless with cyber threats

It is tempting, but incorrect, to assume younger, technologically literate colleagues are well-versed in cyber security

Skills: closing the other ‘gender gap’

Pay isn’t the only gender-related ‘gap’. It’s time to take a serious look at the issue of skills

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HR lessons from the military

The Armed Forces struggles with many of the same people issues as more conventional organisations

Bottom 20% of workforce "wasted"

There are too few alternative routes through education and into employment for school leavers today

Graduates willing to back out of job offers

Almost a third of those seeking placements have already withdrawn from an offer

Bridging the vocational skills gap: What the politicians say

Spokespeople from the Conservative government, Labour and the Liberal Democrats give their parties' views on vocational skills

Employers' confidence in hiring rises

Public sector hiring plans are positive for the first time in more than a year

Vocational skills gaps – time for education reform?

The UK has a huge technical skills gap. Could changing our education system fill the void?

Two-fifths of UK workforce 'not in skilled employment'

'NISKE' (not in skilled employment) workers may be facing challenges that prevent them from progressing

Leaked document proposes post-Brexit EU migrant cap

Downing Street has so far declined to comment on the report

Firms preparing for future by investing in skills

81% of companies plan to maintain or increase their training budgets to leverage employee potential