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Industry needs to wake up to skills shortage: CII

Story by: Anna Lawlor, Financial Adviser

The skills shortage is worsening, according to CII president

• Time published: 00:01
• Date published: 29.05.2008
• Published in: Advisers

A bolt out of the blue

Qualifications in property investment for intermediaries may be advisable considering the collective shock registered by advisers when commercial property funds became one of the first casualties of the credit crunch

• Date published: 29.05.2008

There's never a bad time to manage good talent

In response to the economic slowdown, firms must resist the temptation to shed workers, rather they must invest in talent management for the sake of the future of the organisation, which is where psychometric testing can come in handy

• Date published: 29.05.2008

PM in bid to increase flexible working rights

Flexible working expected to be extended to benefit further 4.5m people

• Date published: 29.05.2008

FSSC teams up with firms for Later Life course

A new accreditation has been introduced to demonstrate exemplary advice services to older people

• Date published: 29.05.2008

Skills academy toasts first year as 3000 pass through its doors

The National Skills Academy for Financial Services celebrates its first anniversary

• Date published: 29.05.2008

Number of adults in learning drops by 3 per cent: Niace

New survey reveals a decrease in adult learning

• Date published: 29.05.2008

New kitemark is launched on best training guides

Training quality standard pulls together trainers and employers to develop skills employers want

• Date published: 29.05.2008

Gov't adds trio to skills academy network

New academies will mean places for an extra 400,000 people, according to skills minister

• Date published: 29.05.2008

Training bill nudges close to £40bn mark

Companies spent a combined total of 218m days training staff last year, claims survey

• Date published: 29.05.2008

Staff demand at four-year low

CIPD/KPMG survey sees demand at all-time low but says there should be no more decline

• Date published: 29.05.2008

WIBF talks to tackle skills and qualities

A workshop aimed to promote unique skills and qualities for women in business will be headed by personal development coach Lee Chalmers.

• Date published: 29.05.2008

ESF money flows in

The roll out of hundreds of new European Social Fund projects across England has been backed by James Plaskitt, Parliamentary under-secretary for the department of work and pensions.

• Date published: 29.05.2008

With or without you

The RDR will certainly boost professionalism in the sector but this appears to be the direction the industry is heading in anyway

• Date published: 29.05.2008