Skills shortages are a serious problem for the majority of SMEs in the EU, according to a new Eurobarometer published on Tuesday 14 November, and now affect all EU Member States and all sectors of the economy, according to the Commission.
The study was launched as part of the European Year of Skills and was carried out between September and October among 19,350 SMEs.
Skills shortages were identified as a serious problem by 53% of micro-businesses.
Over the last two years, 61% of...