Britain’s near record low unemployment belies a deep problem with its jobs market: the country has a major shortage of skills and workers. Employment remains below pre-pandemic levels, unlike in G7 peers. Vacancies are still over 300,000 higher than in early 2020. Early retirement, sickness and a change in immigration rules post-Brexit are all culprits. Meanwhile, the UK is an average performer on international education rankings, and its employers spend just half the EU average per worker on training. As this, and future, governments look to fix UK plc’s growth woes, addressing its staffing problem is a priority.
英國(guó)接近歷史最低的失業(yè)率掩蓋了其就業(yè)市場(chǎng)的一個(gè)深層問(wèn)題：嚴(yán)重缺乏技術(shù)人才和工人。與七國(guó)集團(tuán)(G7)其他國(guó)家不同，英國(guó)就業(yè)人數(shù)仍低于疫情前的水平。崗位空缺率仍比2020年初高出30多萬(wàn)。提前退休、疾病和英國(guó)退歐后移民規(guī)則的變化都是罪魁禍?zhǔn)住Ｅc此同時(shí)，英國(guó)在國(guó)際教育排名中表現(xiàn)平平，其雇主在每位員工身上的培訓(xùn)支出僅為歐盟平均水平的一半。無(wú)論是現(xiàn)在還是將來(lái)，政府都希望解決英國(guó)公司的增長(zhǎng)困境，解決其員工問(wèn)題是一個(gè)優(yōu)先事項(xiàng)。