and kurt schoffer, who runs the biggest company in the world, with a majority of autistic staff, more than 400 in his company alone. also on the show, the big boss of one of the world s largestjobs companies, recruit holdings, which operates in 60 countries, joins me to talk about how to fill the skills gap and how to spot lies on people s job applications. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello, and a warm welcome to the show. you know, it may never have been a more challenging time for companies. and while rising costs and interest rates certainly dominate the headlines, companies themselves say that being able to employ enough of the rightly skilled people is one of the biggest problems they face. in particular, they need more people with technical and communication skills. you know, in america, the unemployment rate is atjust under 4%, and almost 70% of companies say they have trouble recruiting all the staff they need. that s11i% more th
of commerce, about their skills gap findings. plus, i speak to these two. there they are, lars backstrom, an autistic data analyst, and kurt schaeffer, who runs the biggest company in the world with a majority of autistic staff, more than 400 in his company alone. also on the show, the big boss of one of the world s largestjobs companies, recruit holdings, which operates in 60 countries, joins me to talk about how to fill the skills gap and how to spot lies on people s job applications. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello, and a warm welcome to the show. you know, it may never have been a more challenging time for companies. and while rising costs and interest rates certainly dominate the headlines, companies themselves say that being able to employ enough of the rightly skilled people is one of the biggest problems they face. in particular, they need more people with technical and communication skills. you know, in america, the unemployme
wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello, and a warm welcome to the show. you know, it may never have been a more challenging time for companies. and while rising costs and interest rates certainly dominate the headlines, companies themselves say that being able to employ enough of the rightly skilled people is one of the biggest problems they face. in particular, they need more people with technical and communication skills. you know, in america, the unemployment rate is atjust under 4%, and almost 70% of companies say they have trouble recruiting all the staff they need. that s11i% more than two years ago. in europe, they re calling 2023 the so called year of skills, because more than three quarters of companies, they report difficulties finding workers with the right skill set. and a quarter of small and medium sized companies say that that is their biggest problem. here in the uk, it s a similar picture to america. unemployment is hovering
companies can t find enough workers, so do they need to look harder? underrepresented groups like autistic and dyslexic people could do a lot to plug the skills gap, but employees need to do more work to recruit more of them. there is a greater level of innovation. you have people who think different, who act different, and who bring a totally new level of thought process into the solutions. i m going to hearfrom jane gratton from the british chambers of commerce, about their skills gap findings. plus, i speak to these two. there they are lars backstrom, an autistic data analyst, and kurt schaeffer, who runs the biggest company in the world with a majority of autistic staff, more than 400 in his company alone. also on the show, the big boss of one of the world s largest jobs companies, recruit holdings, which operates in 60 countries, joins me to talk about how to fill the skills gap and how to spot lies on people s job applications. wherever you rejoining me from around th
applications. companies and sales say they re being able to employ the right skill peel people but it s one of the biggest problems. in particular, they need more people with technical communication skills. in america, the unemployment rate is at under 4% and 74% of companies say they have trouble recruiting all the staff they need. that s i4% more than two years ago. in europe, they are calling the year 2023 the so called year of skills because more than three quarters of companies report difficulties finding workers with the right skill set and a quarter of medium size companies say that the biggest problem. here in the uk it s a similar picture. unemployment is hovering just under 4% and a new report shows that more than seven out of ten companies are reporting a so called skills gap. that report is fresh out from the british chambers of commerce and one of its recommendations is that companies work harder to fill the skills gap by recruiting from underrepresented groups.