Growing Recruitment Crises:

According to the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology), the engineering and technology sector is facing a growing recruitment crisis and there is little confidence that the problem will improve in the short or medium term.

Paul Jackson, Director of Professional Operations at the IET said that:

"The engineering and technology sector is vital to the future prosperity to the UK's economy and an increase in skills shortages puts the future growth, success and competitive advantage of many businesses into serious doubt".

The UK desperately needs to increase the engineers and technicians to meet demand of today. Annual skills survey of 500 companies taken by IET also revealed that businesses are turning to countries such as India, China and South Africa to plug the skills gap with 48% of companies recruiting from overseas in the last 12 months to cover specific skills shortages.

The latest survey by IET shows that although the technology and engineering job sector is still growing and recruiting but only 56% of respondents believed they would be able to recruit enough people into engineering and technical roles this year. The engineering and technology industry needs a combination of measures to fill the skills gap and commit to the long-term at the same time.

Bob Taylor, E.ON UK board member, said: "The results of the survey underline the difficult skills challenge the industry and our company now face".

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