（2017年5月12日， /HRoot.com/）根據全球人力資源服務巨頭德科集團英國和愛爾蘭的一份報告， 英國的許多組織從來沒有考慮過聘用學徒， 儘管有證據顯示學徒在很多方面具有優勢。
該份名為《縮小技能差距：學徒將是未來的勞動力嗎？》的報告顯示， 25%的組織從未雇用學徒。 此外， 27%的受訪者表示， 不雇用學徒的通常原因是認為學徒的資質與其業務需求不相符合。 其次是認為管理團隊需要花太多時間來管理學徒（18%）， 且擔心他們意欲留任的時間過長（11%）。
同時， 該報告指出， 雇主似乎也瞭解學徒相對于大學畢業生的好處， 認為學徒能夠更好地融入公司文化（47%的受訪者表示認同），
“這些發現表明了對最近的徵用學徒（Apprenticeship Levy）專案的擔憂， ”德科集團英國和愛爾蘭集團運營總裁Chris Moore說。 “我們需要促進職場的有形效益， 學徒具備文化適應性和留任期更長的優勢。 如果英國退歐將創造更多的人才缺口， 我們可能會發現學徒制將成為我國成功的關鍵， 。 ”
報告還顯示， 學徒制不僅僅可以彌補英國青年的技能短缺， 也能彌補更年長員工的技能短缺。 該報告發現超過40%的50後員工缺乏數字技能。 德科指出， 這可以在提前進行的學徒項目中進行培訓。
“徵用學徒為工作場所帶來了新的機會， 使更年長的員工加快發展數字技能。 是時候停止認為學徒低人一等，
英國的徵用學徒專案已經由政府發佈聲明， 並於上月生效。 到2020年， 該項目將徵收300萬名的新學徒， 公司每年出資30億英鎊以補充該資金。
Adecco : one in four organisations have never considered employing apprentices
(May 12, 2017, /staffingindustry.com/)Many organisations in the UK have never considered apprentices, despite evidence that they are highly valued, according to a report by The Adecco Group UK and Ireland.
The report, Closing the Skills Gap: Will Apprenticeships Deliver the Workforce of Tomorrow?, shows that 25% of organisations have never hired apprentices. Furthermore, 27% of respondents state that a popular reason for not employing apprentices is that they feel an apprenticeship qualification is not well suited to their business need. This is followed by the idea that apprenticeships require too much time from the management team (18%), and the worry that they are too much of a long-term commitment in the current market (11%).
Meanwhile, the report states that employers do seem to understand some of the benefits of apprentices versus graduates, with apprentices believed to integrate better into company culture (according to 47% of respondents) and respondents thinking apprentices have a longer duration of employment (44%).
“These findings are worrying in light of the recent introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy,” Chris Moore, President of Group Operations, The Adecco Group UK and Ireland, said. “We need to be promoting the tangible workplace benefits that apprenticeships offer in terms of culture-fit and tenure. We might just find that apprenticeships become the key to our country’s success if Brexit creates further talent gaps.”
The report also shows that it’s not just skills shortages amongst Britain’s youth that apprenticeships could target. It found that more than 40% of the over 50s lack digital skills. Adecco states that this could be effectively introduced during advanced apprenticeships.
“The Apprenticeship Levy opens up new opportunities for workplaces to bring older workers’ digital skills up to speed. It’s time we stop thinking about apprenticeships as ‘less-than’ degrees and recognise the very real value they fulfil in the workforce,” Moore said.
The UK’s apprenticeship Levy came into effect last month with the Government stating that the levy will fund 3 million new apprenticeships by 2020 with companies spending £3 billion a year to contribute to the funding.