Sentence examples for facing skills from inspiring English sources

He says, "Every public sector body will be facing skills and resourcing challenges in some degree.

"Employers are facing skills shortages, so they are looking to retain older workers," says Sam Mercer, director of the Employers Forum on Age, which campaigns against age discrimination.Some companies such as the Nationwide Building Society have deliberately sought older workers for good business reasons.

"Companies are facing skill shortages in science, tech, engineering and maths," says John Cridland of the Confederation of British Industry.

Analysis of more than 5m job adverts found little progress in the past year on offering more flexible options to jobseekers, despite warnings to employers who face skills shortages that they are failing to tap into a large pool of potential workers.

Burbidge makes a very valid point, of course: entrepreneurs need to know how to sell, while people-facing skills are a crucial, but perhaps under celebrated, skill-set required for startup success.

But a too-slow recovery could mean big trouble for the masses of jobless workers in southern Europe, who will face skill atrophication and alienation from the labour force.

Along with a growing pressure on resources, we face skill shortages especially of social workers; intense pressure to find additional places for children in high-quality early years provision, and a looming lack of schools places.

"The government has set out its stall to create a high-skilled economy, but firms are facing a skills emergency now, threatening to starve economic growth," said the CBI deputy director general, Katja Hall.

"Our members' experiences support the view that the UK construction industry is facing significant skills shortages," says FMB chief executive, Brian Berry.

The owner of Dulux paint has warned that the UK is facing a skills crunch that could exacerbate the country's housing shortage.

Many energy firms have an ageing workforce nearing retirement, and a shortage of trained graduates has left the booming industry facing a skills shortage with companies battling to attract new talent into the industry.