Skills Czar Reveals Which Jobs Are Being Hit Hardest By The Recession

Source Salford Online

Research reveals that that over the last 12 months those who have been hit hardest are those with no skills at all with the sector with the highest rate of unemployment being ‘Unskilled’ at 28%.

The ‘Sales and Customer Services’ sector saw a 16% increase in unemployment with ‘Skilled Trades’ (engineers, technicians) following closely behind at 13%. Despite recent suggestions that this is a ‘white-collar’ recession, the report shows otherwise, with only a 5% loss of jobs in unemployment in this sector.

However, in the long term, the UK jobs market is likely to continue to grow despite the recent rise in unemployment figures. A more optimistic picture is projected for the labour market to 2017. The greatest increase in jobs is still likely to be in retail and business services, including computing and financial services. There are likely to be around 872,000 job openings for senior managers alone. Other higher level occupations are also likely to be in high demand, along with healthcare workers and personal service professionals, including hairdressers, childcare workers and carers. And benefiting to the tune of nearly 900,000 jobs includes recruitment agencies and security services.

Chris Humphries is the UK’s leading expert on employment, unemployment and skills & as former Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce and head of City and Guilds, Chris has advised (and still advises) Tory and Labour administrations on education and skills.