New data | What is the biggest hiring challenge HR is currently facing?

The UK skills gap is the most prominent hiring challenge facing HR leaders, new research reveals.

ECI Partners, a private equity firm, has found that HR leaders believe the most prominent hiring challenge they currently face is a lack of technical skills and knowledge. Nearly a fifth (18.3%) of managers said this was their single biggest obstacle, highlighting the growing concern over the UK’s skills gap. The current labour shortages prompted by a range of factors including Brexit and Covid-19, appear to have further widened that gap.