Polish companies complain about lack of qualified employees
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Forty percent of Polish medium and large firms declare that they lack suitably qualified employees, and in the coming years, this problem is likely to get worse, the consulting company Grant Thornton reports. The company surveyed 10,000 medium and large companies in 36 countries, including 200 from Poland.
The Polish firms having this problem consider it a “big” or “very big” barrier to developing their business. “This is the highest percentage since the survey began in 2009,” according to Grant Thornton. The shortage of skilled workers is greater in Poland than in other EU countries surveyed, apart from the Baltic states.
The report indicates that Polish employers will probably have even more trouble with finding qualified workers in the coming years, especially with falling unemployment. “We have reached a wall in the labor market, and now the lack of qualified staff is likely to become a permanent barrier,” said Monika Smulewicz, a managing director at Grant Thornton.
The analysis concludes that as long as the Polish education system is not thoroughly reformed, companies will have to get used to this situation, and should consider introducing their own projects to better prepare candidates for work.
