UK businesses are actively targeting older workers to address recruitment difficulties and fill skills gaps, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) annual recruitment survey.
This year's survey reports 47 per cent of respondents have vacancies they are unable to fill, almost exactly the same as last year's figure (see 'IT managers struggle to fill vacancies' http://www.silicon.com/a28293 ).
Last year's survey showed 17.5 per cent of companies reported they had skills gaps to fill, whereas this year's survey shows 12.4 per cent of companies still have skills gaps - a considerable drop. SS03 does show that skills gaps are narrowing.
By Kathrin Schmitt, reporter, silicon.de The CIO of an executive travel insurance company felt that a weak economy would persuade companies to cut staffing levels and boost IT spending to fill the gaps.
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