As an update, Accenture this week released a new study that concludes:"The majority (55 percent) of workers in the U.S. report they are under pressure to develop additional skills to be successful in their current and future jobs, but only 21 percent say they have acquired new skills through company-provided formal training during the past five years."
The Accenture Skills Gap Study, which surveyed 1,088 employed and unemployed U.S. workers, found that "while more than half (52 percent) have added technology skills in the past five years, few have updated other in-demand skills such as problem solving (31 percent), analytical skills (26 percent) and managerial skills (21 percent)."
Are employers at fault?