The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has today responded to a Government-commissioned report into the landscape of future jobs.
The research shows that a number of factors including population growth and climate change, alongside developments in science and technology, will lead to different careers in the future.
Commenting on the report, Anita Holbrow, Chair of the REC’s Future of Employment Working Group (FEWG), said: “This report shows that young people are going to need to think ahead when deciding upon future career paths. The careers that seem attractive today may not be so tomorrow. It is important that young people explore their career options and hedge their career prospects on areas of growth.”
The Future of Employment Working Group is a coalition of business leaders representing some of the largest and most well known brands in the UK. The Group outlined its plans for the future jobs landscape in a report published at the end of 2009.
Anita Holbrow added: “One of the challenges the group found was the need to boost skill levels – particularly in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects – so that the UK has a workforce that is able to take advantage of these new job opportunities. Recruiters are on the front line of the labour market and therefore ideally placed to advise Government on how best to maximise efforts to give people the right skills for the labour market.”
The REC will be making practical recommendations to Government on future jobs through the work of its Youth Employment Taskforce, made up of representatives from the broad business community and chaired by Baroness Prosser.
