{"id":34324,"date":"2014-07-10T10:20:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T10:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discovery-graduates.com\/?p=875"},"modified":"2014-07-10T10:20:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T10:20:12","slug":"prince-charles-young-people-should-consider-careers-in-skills-shortage-sectors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/prince-charles-young-people-should-consider-careers-in-skills-shortage-sectors-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Charles: Young people should consider careers in skills shortage sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discovery-graduates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/download-8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-866\" alt=\"download (8)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.discovery-graduates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/download-8.jpg\" width=\"348\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prince Charles has called for young people entering the workforce to consider a role in sectors that are currently suffering from skills shortages.<br \/>\nIn his introduction for a booklet to promote Scarborough Engineering Week, an event which promotes STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) careers to local youngsters, he writes that he is \u201ckeen to encourage young people to take up careers in areas where the United Kingdom has skill shortages.\u201d<br \/>\nHe also goes on to cite figures which show the gulf between the demand and supply of skilled engineering professionals.<br \/>\nWhile there are expected to be 87,000 vacancies in the engineering profession in 2014, there are just 51,000 qualified engineers available to fill the roles.<br \/>\n\u201cThis gap shows the scale of the challenge facing business, Government, education and voluntary organizations as they try to meet this growing demand,\u201d the Prince adds.<br \/>\nThe recent Manpower Group Annual Talent Shortage Survey revealed that employers across the globe are facing the worst skills shortages seen since the start of the financial crisis.<br \/>\n<strong>Misconceptions about STEM careers acting as barrier to recruitment<\/strong><br \/>\nA recent survey conducted by Mondel\u0113z International found that misconceptions about STEM are preventing some students from considering a career in the STEM sectors.<br \/>\nRevealing some of the reasons they avoid STEM subjects more than half (53%) of young people surveyed argued that they felt STEM was \u201charder\u201d than humanities, while more than two-thirds felt that only those with a high IQs could succeed in STEM careers.<br \/>\nEchoing the idea that mistaken beliefs about STEM could be preventing young people from pursuing careers in these sectors, Prince Charles continued:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung people are missing out on rewarding careers due to misconceptions about engineering being an out-moded and declining profession, rather than the fast-growing hi-tech and hugely diverse sector that it is.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is of vital importance to this nation that we inspire our young people to become the engineers of tomorrow.\u201d<br \/>\nAre you a current undergraduate or graduate? What would it take to make you consider a career in STEM?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Charles has called for young people entering the workforce to consider a role in sectors that are currently suffering from skills shortages. 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