Meaning of skills shortage | Babel Free

Definitions

A lack of specialized workforce.

Examples

“Her decision reflects what seems to be an accelerating trend here. Professionals, often young and in middle management but increasingly also senior executives, are leaving, adding to a skills shortage that is already acute.”

“Think about what we would expect to find if there really were a skills shortage. Above all, we should see workers with the right skills doing well, while only those without those skills are doing badly. We don’t.”

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