A number of reasons have been identified as being responsible for preventing qualified workers from Central and Eastern Europe from helping fill the skills gap in the UK economy, including lacking job search facilities.
A new report published today has identified a number of reasons preventing qualified workers from Central and Eastern Europe from plugging the current skills gap in the UK economy.
Cultural, regulatory, language and economic barriers were highlighted in the joint study by Manchester Universityís School of Environment and Development and recruitment company Vedior.
According to Online Recruitment, the report points to chronic skills shortages in the engineering, healthcare and education sectors, which are only being exacerbated by the UKís ageing population.
Unless the barriers are addressed, they could prove detrimental to the economy, the study argues.
Commenting on the report, Zach Miles, chief executive of Vedior, stated: Temporary recruitment can play a key role in facilitating greater labour mobility and supporting the EUís goal of enhanced labour mobility throughout Europe.
The recruitment industry is keen to play its part in this process, however, once short-term transitional legal barriers come down, it is clear that unless other shortcomings are addressed, progress will be slowed.
In particular, the lack of recognition of foreign qualifications remains a major hurdle in facilitating greater labour mobility, as does unfavourable legislation towards temporary staffing in the EU accession countries.
News sourced from www.employersjobs.com
Skilled migration may benefit from better job searches
A number of reasons have been identified as being responsible for preventing qualified workers from Central and Eastern Europe from helping fill the skills gap in the UK economy, including lacking job search facilities
