700 Reasons: Reason #390

Reason: 390
Whichever career path young people choose, they will need the skills that make them employable in a world where recruitment is increasingly global, where flexibility and mobility are at a premium. As a nation, we owe it to them to ensure that they do not lose out in the jobs market to better educated and linguistically qualified candidates from other countries
Reference:
Response from the Steering Group of the Nuffield Languages Programme to the consultation document 14-19: extending opportunities, raising standards, 20 May 2002
Related Keywords:
Employability, Globalisation, Key skills, Mobility, UK