Report highlights shortage of IT staff

There remains a shortage of IT staff and high-end manufacturing staff, according to a new report by the expert group on future skills needs.

The export group report found that the Irish work force had become increasingly flexible with over a million people entering and exiting the workforce.

The two reports ‘Monitoring Ireland’s Skills Supply: Trends in Education and Training Outputs 2013’ and the ‘Irish labour market and the National Skills Bulletin 2013’ found that the labour market is changing. There continues to be a shortage of jobs for the general population, but in niche areas there are not enough skills to fill vacancies.