If your company is hard pressed to recruit and retain skilled workers or has had to put a promising project on the shelf for lack of trained hands, you might want to read on.
If you answered yes to either question, you’re not alone. Leaders in many companies I meet complain that they just can’t people with the skills they need.
My research shows while many positions in business and industry require university or college degrees, most do not. Skills acquired through apprenticeships and training can open the door to rewarding careers in automotive, business, retailing, horticulture, hospitality, health care, and the building trades. It’s important for people who enter these fields to continue to build their skills, year-by-year or as I call it, continuing to ‘Skill Up’. If your interested in reading more, read an article I wrote for chiefexecutive.net
Nicholas Wyman is a speaker and expert on applying real-world solutions to the challenges companies face in finding skilled employees. He is CEO of the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation, which develops mentoring programs for corporations and places people in apprenticeship and training programs globally. He has an MBA and has studied at Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School of Government. 
