The long-awaited skills pledge regained some credibility when Gordon Brown joined other political heavyweights, top employers and union leaders at its official launch last week. More than 150 big name employers, including McDonald's, BT and Ford, queued up to finally sign their commitment to offer Level 2 training to all their staff by 2010 at an elaborate launch in London - six months after the pledge was recommended by the Leitch Review. CBI chief Richard Lambert, TUC general secretary Brendan Barber, education secretary Alan Johnson, and prime minister designate Gordon Brown told a receptive audience the pledge would help defeat the UK's skills shortage. Skills envoy Sir Digby Jones claimed the event would be remembered as the day "millions of people's lives got better". He also called on employers signing the pledge to "take on" any business that did not - asking them to influence smaller firms and supply chains to sign up. "If you come across those that think this is...

__________________
Jimit Patadiya

For Job Seekers ==> Get Paid for Posting your Latest Resume.
Post your CV at Latest Resumes Forum as a NON-PUBLIC CONTENT. Along with hiding your CV, you can specify x credit as a charge for anyone to view your CV.
This amount will be credited to your forum account.


For HR Community ==> Free Access to the Latest Resumes.
Find out Latest CVs at Latest Resumes Forum posted by Job Seekers.