relative significance and their employment is forecast to remain stable. Trainees are crucial to the future supply of qualified … the adjustment process which brings supply and demand back into balance given a shock to the system is approximately four … years, consistent with the lags in training. Trends in manpower balances indicate that current net loss rates from stocks …

; international competition; changes in industrial structure; increased demands for a more formally qualified workforce; training …; demographic changes; labour market flexibility; wastage rates, retention and recruitment; movement to a Single European Market … training.  …

This paper reviews two recent projects dealing with training and skill needs in the British clothing sector undertaken … to implement the government’s policies to increase commitment to vocational training and avoid skill shortages: the … shortages. Moreover, irrespective of skills gaps in the existing workforce and evidence that training is associated with …

companies, and to investigate the potential training and business implications that arise from these skills gaps, from the point … impact on recruitment and retention; employee and management skills gaps; and barriers to training. Research limitations … specific roles, and to clarify the retail qualifications and training required delivering these. Originality/value – Succeeds …

Some evidence of a relationship between training provision and the extent of skills shortages is provided by presenting … Portsmouth area of south Hampshire. By empirically distinguishing between different types of training providers and measuring the …

The burgeoning literature on vocational education and training (VET) has failed to provide an adequate theoretical … basis by which to understand training outcomes. Critically appraises the notion of a “low skill equilibrium” and highlights … approach to training provision. Emphasizes the importance of addressing developments in production and illustrates this by …

general training as well and that this has a positive effect on labour productivity. So far empirical research does not …Over the past decade, researchers have been increasingly concerned with the effects of training. Whereas Gary Becker … stated that employers pay for specific training and employees for general training, it is often argued that employers provide …

The effective integration of on‐the‐job development with off‐the‐job training does not happen often, but when it does …