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Skills advantage

Published on
July 24, 1998
Last updated
May 27, 2015

KEY skills are becoming a major element in the selection process for job applications, according to a study for the government by the Institute of Employment Studies. Employers, the study found, have developed selection criteria to identify those with good key skills.

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