We gathered 10 recruiting statistics to shed some light on the skills gap reality:
1. 80% of Americans agree there is a skills gap, and 35% say it affects them personally
2. Unfilled jobs cost the United States’ economy $160 billion a year
3. 81% of employers said prospective employees lack critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills
4. 75% of employers think graduates lack adequate innovation and diversity skills
5. 90 percent of hiring managers stated it’s difficult to find and hire the right tech talent and 83 percent said the shortage of tech talent is slowing company revenue growth
6. Job seekers’ resumes only match 59 percent of hard skills and 62 percent of soft skills in job ads
7. White-collar job seekers match hard skills 184 percent better and soft skills 42 percent better than blue-collar workers
8. 72% of respondents think skills needed for their jobs will change, and 73% say they’ve already had to gain additional skills to do their jobs
9. 80% of those who said the skills for their jobs will change also said they’d quit if their employers didn’t offer the requisite training
10. 41% of employers are set to focus their reskilling provision on high-performing employees while a much smaller proportion of 33% stated that they would prioritize at-risk employees in roles expected to be most affected by technological disruption. In other words, those most in need of reskilling and upskilling are least likely to receive such training.
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