Irish SME: Skill Shortages, Recruitment and Retention Strategies
EU Year of Skills gave great impetus to skills development, fostering a culture of lifelong learning and matching the labour market's skills needs.
The Learning & Development Institute, founded in 1969, is the professional body representing members concerned with Learning and Talent Development in Ireland.
Learning & Development Institute CEO Sinead Heneghan has been appointed to the newly reformed National Skills Council by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan TD.The new Council, led by Chair Dr Kevin Marshall, will work independently to provide Government with strategic foresight and expert advice in the area of skills development in Ireland.Minister O’Donovan said: "I am delighted to announce the establishment of the new National Skills Council that was recently reformed on foot of the recommendations from the OECD Skills Review."With this reform, we are building on an already strong foundation of partnership with the National Skills Council and its important role to-date in helping shape, and reshape, Ireland’s skills policy priorities."But as societies and industries evolve and change, and changes in the world of work accelerate, so too must our approach to skills, and how we work in partnership."The new Council is now afalse
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EU Year of Skills gave great impetus to skills development, fostering a culture of lifelong learning and matching the labour market's skills needs.
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