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The phrase "a skills gap" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a discrepancy between the skills that employers require and the skills that job seekers possess.
Example: "The company is facing a significant skills gap, making it difficult to fill key positions with qualified candidates."
Alternatives: "a competency shortfall" or "a talent deficiency".
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There is evidence of a skills gap.
"We have been plugging a skills gap.
But a skills gap is not among them.
Because despite the opportunities for graduates, employers are noticing a skills gap.
"There is a skills gap when it comes to cyber security, we have a lost generation.
Up to 4,000 have been lost, leaving a skills gap in the NHS.
Should they only be focusing on running courses where there's a skills gap?
"We have a skills gap, particularly in electrification," a Network Rail spokesman says.
Fretting about a skills gap that does not exist will not help.
The secret behind this skills gap is that it's not a skills gap at all.
10.56am: The Institute for Directors is also worried about a skills gap – this time in literacy and numeracy.
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