Take Control of Your Future

With five million adults in the UK without any qualifications (Leitch Review – Skills in the UK 2006) the government are starting to take action to ensure that there are more opportunities for education. They have launched a campaign to provide the necessary information for both companies and individuals to start looking towards skills development.

There is more emphasis being put onto specific skills training as opposed to sheer academic studying to try and reach more people. It has been noted that 143, 000 jobs are left unfilled due to lack of correct skills (LCS’s National Employer Skills Survey 2005). Alongside this is the fact that two out of three jobs in the near future will require better qualifications. This highlights the problem and the ‘Learning and Skills Council’ is trying to address this before it spirals out of control.

With the Olympics around the corner and a further mass of jobs being created, there is an even greater incentive for people to be thinking about personal development. There are many possibilities online with E-learning now and there is an opportunity for everyone. Hopefully more people will be inspired by the new jobs that will be available and will start using their computers to their full potential; gaining themselves more qualifications and making them more employable all at once.

If you would like to learn more about Learning and Skills Council visit : http://inourhands.lsc.gov.uk/index.html