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The training company creating careers and helping employers fill skill shortages

After coronavirus some companies will see a demand increase while others may shut down altogether, writes Zlata Rodionova. But Mona Mourshed is looking to find people new careers with news skills and create employment ecosystems

Saturday 25 April 2020 14:19 BST
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Mona Mourshed, CEO of Generation
Mona Mourshed, CEO of Generation (Generation)

For years, there’s been a widening gap between the skills that companies need, those that workers have, and those given by education providers.

As a result, close to 1 million young people are not in education, employment or training – and that’s just in the UK.

Yet employers have a hard time filling entry-level jobs, with 40 per cent saying a skills shortage is the problem.

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