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Employers fear they will be unable recruit students with the skills they need as the economic recovery kicks in, a new survey reveals.一項新調查顯示，隨著經濟復蘇，企業主們卻擔心招不到真正有技術的畢業生。

Nearly half of organisations told researchers they were already struggling to find staff with skills in science, technology, engineering and maths , while even more companies expect to experience shortages of employees with Stem skills in the next three years.近半數的機構告訴研究者他們現在已經很困擾招不到具備理科、工科、機械和數學技術的畢業生。而未來三 年以內，會有更多的公司面臨STEM科目技術人才短缺的問題。

The Confederation of British Industry and the vocational qualifications body EDI surveyed 694 organisations across the public and private sectors, which together employ 2.4 million people.英國工業聯盟及職業資格證書數據機構調查了公共及私人領域的694家機構，總共雇傭人數達2400萬人。

Half are concerned they will not be able to fill graduate posts in the coming years, while a third said they would not be able to recruit enough employees with the right A-level skills.一半被調查機構擔心明年無法招到足夠的人填補畢業生崗位，三分之一的機構稱他們招不到有正確技能的高三畢業生。

"As we move further into recovery and businesses plan for growth, the demand for people with high-quality skills and qualifications will intensify," said Richard Lambert, director general, CBI.英國工業聯盟局長理查德蘭伯特說：“隨著經濟的復蘇、越來越多的商業計劃投產，對高技術人才的要求也會更強烈。”

"In the future, people with qualifications in science and maths will be particularly sought after, and firms say it is already hard to find people with the right technical or engineering skills. The new government must make encouraging more young people to study science-related subjects a top priority."將來，有理科和數學證書的人需求量會很大。很多公司已經表示具備好技術的科技和機械人才非常難找。新政府必須優先 考慮鼓勵年輕人學習和科技相關的科目。

Two-thirds of respondents want the new government to do more to promote science and maths in schools, half said funding for Stem subjects in higher education should be protected, and 42% want capable pupils to study all three science subjects as separate GCSEs.三分之二的被訪者希望新政府做出更多措施來推廣理科和數學科目在學校的發展。半數的受訪者表示高等教育中應設立STEM科 目，而42%的人希望有能力的學生像學習職業資格教育證書那樣分開學習全部三門科技相關科目。

Asked what their top priority was, the majority of respondents said they wanted the government to ensure all young people leave university and school with the skills they need to succeed at work.當被問及各公司最優先考慮的事是什么時，大多數參與者說他們希望政府敦促學生在學校習得真正能幫助他們工作成功的技 巧。

Two thirds said the government should focus on basic literacy and numeracy, 42% wanted more high quality vocational options for students and 46% said raising overall education standards should be a priority.三分之二的受訪者表示政府應該強調基礎的文學學習和數字學習，42%的人希望學生能有更多的職業選擇，而46%的人 稱總體提升整個教育水平才是關鍵。

The survey found that young people would improve their job prospects if they studied business studies, maths, English and physics or chemistry at A-level. The A-levels that employers rate least are psychology and sociology. And while many employers don't insist on a particular degree subject, a third prefer to hire those with a Stem-related subject.調查同時發現，年輕人如果在高三階段就學習過商業、數學、英文、物理或者化學，則更有可能拓展他們職業的選擇面。企業 主認為最沒有必要的科目是心理學和社會學。盡管很多企業主并不堅持要求雇員有大學學位證，但有三分之一的人更傾向于雇傭專業是和STEM科目相關的學 生。

Starting salaries for science and engineering graduates are among the highest, with only graduate managers and lawyers earning more in their first job. New engineering graduates earn on average £22,000 and new science graduates £21,000 – more than those entering finance, IT, sales or human resources. Graduate employement organisations said salaries needed to be higher still.除了管理培訓生和律師以外，理科和機械專業的學生第一份工作的起薪都是最高的。機械專業的畢業新生平均年薪在22000英 鎊，而理科畢業生則是21000英鎊——比金融、IT、銷售或人力資源行業都高。畢業手就業組織稱，他們的 工資應該更高才對。

"We need to make the careers that require Stem backgrounds much more attractive," said Mike Hill, chief executive of Graduate Prospects. "How can engineering firms compete against the salaries on offer at law and city firms?"畢業生計劃的總執行長麥克希爾稱：“我們應該把要求STEM相關專業背景的工作做得更具吸引力。不然機械行業公司能提供的工資怎么去和律師行業競爭呢？”

The research highlighted worries about the lack of progress in improving basic skills in the UK workforce. Half of employers expressed worries about employees' basic literacy and numeracy skills, while the biggest problem is with IT skills, where two-thirds reported concerns.這份研究特別強調了一種擔憂，即在英國的職業領域尤其缺乏對改進基礎技巧的關注。半數雇主表達了對雇員基本文字技巧 和數字技巧的擔憂，而對電腦技巧的擔憂更甚：高達三分之二的雇主都如此表示。

Despite the downturn, 72% of employers plan to maintain or increase spending on training and only 28% plan to cut training budgets. In the past year, 18% of organisations have provided remedial literacy and numeracy training for school-leavers, and 22% remedial IT.但盡管有這些不好的跡象，72%的雇主仍打算維持或增加培訓經費，盡有28%的企業計劃削減培訓開支。在過去一年中，18%的組 織為畢業生提供了文字和數字相關的再培訓，22%提供了電腦再培訓。

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