Skills Shortage | UK companies failing to equip workforce with skills needed for the future

Only 41% of employees in the UK believe employers are providing them with the skills they need for work in the future, according to the latest research from PwC.

A survey of 1,246 business and HR leaders found that that 87% of companies believe human skills are a critical capability for the future, but only 33% have talent practices that drive these skills.

Alastair Woods, Partner at PwC, says HR departments must lead the way in growing and building the capabilities the workforce of tomorrow will require. “The impact of automation and robotics over the course of the next decade will mean some tasks disappear, but new activities will emerge that rely on uniquely human skills like judgement, empathy, [and] innovation,” he says.

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“To prepare for this change, HR teams must develop a thorough understanding of future needs and put in place the learning and development programmes and other tools like performance management to help and underpin this transition.”