Every year, the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise performs a comprehensive mapping of the recruitment situation facing Swedish companies.
The report points to a clear pattern: Many companies cannot find people with the right skills, even when they can offer jobs and have a clear need for labour.
Read the report (in Swedish) here
Kristina Cunningham, labour market and education policy expert at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, says the problem starts as early as in school.
“Far too many in Sweden leave upper secondary education without graduating. This is where the matching problems begin. We need more students to finish elementary and secondary school and more to enter vocational training.
“There is also a clear need for more people with STEM skills (science, technology, engineering and mathematics),” says Kristina Cunningham.
She has been interviewed in one of four articles from Sweden on forecasts for future skills needs in the labour market, recently published by the Nordic Network for Lifelong Learning.
The articles form part of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ ongoing Future Skills project.
