Publisher's Synopsis
The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the actions that employers can take to plan for their manpower requirements in the 1990s. It is written against the background of major demographic changes, continuing skills and the approach of the single market in Europe in 1902.;Even during the recession in the early 1980s there were skill shortages. When the economy begun to improve, the shortages became more acute and increasingly widespread. Then, in 1988 and 1989 it was gradually borne in on employers that the decline in the number of school leavers between the late 1980s and the mid 1990s was going to make things even worse.;Depending on which set of figures one looks at or what definitions are being used, the number of young people who are available for employment will be reduced over the next five years by somewhere between a fifth and a quarter.;The good news is that overall the size of the labour force is set to increase over the next ten years, so it can not be said that there is a manpower shortage. However, during the 1990s all employers will be affected in one way or another by the effects of demographics changes on the national labour force and very much better use is going to have to be made of human resources.;Employers can either wait until they are affected by manpower problems before reacting, or they can start planning for them now.;This book is a practical guide. It draws extensively on what some employers are already doing to make, or plan for, more effective use of human resources. It has been written for all types of employers, large and small, from the private and public sector.;Wherever possible, we provide the names, addresses and telephone numbers of organisations which may be able to provide further help or guidance.