81% of manufacturers experience problems recruiting new staff and yet barely 11% of engineers are women. Resolving that would make recruitment easier, reduce the skills gap and increase profitability. Maddy White reports.
The British Chambers of Commerce say four-fifths (81%) of manufacturers report that there is a critical shortage of skilled staff while a survey by WES (Women’s Engineering Society) found that only 11% of engineers in the UK are women. Firms with a more equal gender balance were 21% more likely to…
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