Manama: Three quarters of GCC employers feel the education system doesn’t know what skills employers need, reveals an EY study.
According to EY’s report “How will the GCC close the skills gap?”, employers struggle to retain nationals due to high salary expectations; however, these employers rank young people’s lack of work experience (53 per cent), communications skills (36pc), and required skills and qualifications (22pc) as further challenges to retention in the private sector .