The latest Critical Skills Survey report, conducted by Xpatweb, shows the most sought-after yet scant skills in South Africa, which has led businesses to recruit talent from other countries.
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A critical skills survey conducted by Xpatweb highlights the most in-demand ‘scarce’ skills in the country, which has led to businesses seeking talent recruitment from abroad.
The survey was conducted across a wide range of multi-national and corporate firms to assess the level of difficulty organisations face when sourcing scarce skilled individuals and the role of foreign nationals in addressing these shortages.
The number of respondents has grown exponentially in recent years, with a 30% increase in responses from 178 in 2019, to 220 in 2020/21.
Xpatweb managing director Marisa Jacobs highlighted the results of the latest Xpatweb Critical Skills Survey 2020/21.
Mar 16, 2021
In July last year, the UK government announced that it would be launching a special visa for Health and Social Care workers to apply to work in the UK. This included, amongst other things, faster visa turn-around times, reduced visa fees compared to that paid by other skilled applicants and exemption from the Immigration Health Surcharge.
This, according to the Home Secretary, Piri Patel, is in an effort to attract the ”best and brightest heath and care professionals” globally to work and help strengthen the National Health Service (NHS).
Skills shortage in SA
South Africa is experiencing a mass exodus of healthcare professionals who look for greener pastures after graduating. In addition, 48% of practising nurses in South Africa are due to reach retirement age in the next 15 years, with not nearly enough in training to fill the shortfall.
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