The skills shortage has recently hit its worst recorded level and is predicted to worsen with the recruitment of new talent failing to keep up with the rate of retirement. Trade numbers are reducing and the demand for digital skills increasing faster than training and recruiting is keeping up.
With half a million people due to retire from the construction workforce over the next 10 years and the threat of losing existing workers due to the impact of Brexit, the industry needs to work harder and smarter to attract new talent to our diverse and dynamic industry, to encourage a pool of workers that are currently as well as retain young people, whose careers are in their infancy, by ensuring it remains an attractive market in which to progress.
The Chartered Institute of Building reports that 160,000 new recruits are needed by 2023 to keep up with current demand for roles within the industry.