How organisations can plug gaps using AI

Pre Covid-19, it was estimated that UK employers were spending more than £6 billion per year to address the issues associated with internal and external skills gaps. Recruitment costs topped this substantial bill; indicating that some employers were opting for short-term approaches to'buying' talent rather than'building' it within their own organisations. To address the escalating issue of employability skills in the UK, a number of pre-pandemic reports highlighted that more and more organisations were becoming acutely aware that there would have to be a shift in mindset towards adopting sustainable, long-term workplace learning provisions to produce a more agile, loyal, motivated, and productive workforce for the future. In this respect, there was a trend emerging; one that was based upon the premise of moving away from economically impactful marginal gains towards a more sustainable culture of investing in the capability development of existing employees. The answers to why some organisations still struggle to address the skills gaps issues within their business are complex and, of course, have many facets.