The majority of employers report skills gaps in their workforce
More than half (56.1%) of Canadian businesses in 2021 reported that their overall workforce was not fully proficient to perform their job at the required level, driven mainly by large businesses with 100 or more employees (93.0%) and businesses with 20 to 99 employees (90.0%). Nearly three-quarters (73.7%) of businesses with 5 to 19 employees reported skills gaps in their workforce. Conversely, one-third (33.1%) of micro businesses with one to four employees reported that their workforce was not fully proficient to do the job at the required level.
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