Employers Sign Up to Skills Pledge
Posted by TrainingZone in Strategy, Soft skills on Thu, 06/14/2007 - 12:58
The first 150 employers have signed up to the government's “Skills Pledge” – to get all of their workforce up to a level 2 qualification.
The equivalent of five good GCSEs, the level 2 qualification is increasingly seen as essential for the workforce, as the number of unskilled jobs decrease.
Those signed up to the pledge include all government departments, Sainsburys, McDonalds and the police.
Education and Skills Secretary Alan Johnson congratulated the first 150.
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