Friday 24 June 2011

Middle East: where are all the skilled workers?

The Arab Spring is expected to improve the long-term growth prospects of the moribund Arab world — but that’s not going to happen if companies have to keep struggling to find skilled local labour.

To overcome the skills gap, smart companies are realizing that when it comes to education, they’ve got to take matters into their own hands.

It’s a dangerous reality that in a region with high unemployment, companies often cannot find enough workers with strong technical and soft skills.

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