1.2 Challenges and opportunities for employers

1.2 Challenges and opportunities for employers

If you ask employers what skills and qualifications mean for them, they talk about the competitiveness, productivity and growth of their businesses. And they will tell you that their company’s value depends to a great extent on the skills of their people. As Bill Gates once pointed out: “What would Microsoft be worth if it was sold without its collaborators, one dollar?”  But skills might become the Achilles heel of a company’s competi...