What are the employers afraid of?

Employers fear there will not be enough graduates and skilled workers to fill the "high-level jobs" created as the economy recovers from the recession, the CBI has said. The warning is made in a CBI study, Ready to Grow: Business Priorities for Education and Skills, which is based on a survey of 694 employers. In all, 51 per cent of those polled were concerned that they would soon be unable to fill their graduate posts. The survey also says that the majority of businesses polled (66 per cent) have links with universities; 40 per cent partner them for research; and 33 per cent provide resources to institutions. However, only 27 per cent use universities as external training providers, and say they want the government to encourage universities to provide more workforce training.