skills gap
Workforce readiness deficit
A skills gap is a mismatch between the abilities employers need and those workers actually have.
The term appears in discussions of workforce development, hiring difficulties, and education policy: The tech industry faces a growing skills gap in cybersecurity.
Critics note that employers sometimes claim skills gaps when they're unwilling to train workers or offer competitive wages.
- talent shortageInsufficient qualified workforce available
- upskillingLearning new work abilities
- educationSystematic development of mind
- professional developmentOngoing workplace learning activities
- automationSelf-operating system design
unemployment · mismatch · apprenticeships · certifications · training · vocational programs · blue collar · career readiness · soft skills · digital literacy · tech sector · STEM education · career pathways · underqualified · lifelong learning · career mobility · bridging · hiring
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- career problemsunderemployment, overqualification, job displacement, career stagnation, dead-end job
- inequalitiesinequality, inequity, disparities, digital divide, class divide
- job barriersageism, sexism, racism, glass ceiling, gender bias