'Job readiness' more important to UK employers than academic credentials
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 - 04:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Formal academic credentials play a relatively minor role in the UK labour market, with the majority of employers placing greater emphasis on 'job readiness', according to a new study published in the Journal of Education Policy that analysed more than 21 million UK job adverts, based on labour market analytics powered by Burning Glass Technologies.