Lack of new skills amongst quarter of Dutch employees

By: Together Abroad 22-05-2015 12:44 PM
Categories: * Daily employment news,


23% of Dutch employees claim to lack new skills and know-how to perform their jobs well. These workers tend to be ill more often and show a tendency in suffering more often from burnout symptoms.

This is highlighted in the Dutch Working Conditions Survey of 2014 (De Nationale Enquête Arbeidsomstandigheden), published on Thursday 21 May 2015. Skills and know-how often cannot keep up with rapid technological developments and organisational changes, and thus quickly become obsolete or outdated. According to the chart as seen on CBS, this phenomenon is most prevalent in the information and communication sector (27%), followed by the construction sector as well as workers engaged in industry and energy (both 25%). In contrast, transport and storage (18%), the hospitality sector (17%) and agriculture and fishery (16%) have relatively few employees who claim to lack new skills and know-how.

Highly educated people tend to struggle with this issue slightly more often than less well-educated people. However, the age gap is more remarkable: The very youngest (15-25 years) as well as oldest (65-75 years) employees are least likely to claim obsolete qualifications (15% and 12%, respectively), whereas young workers between the ages of 25-35 years are the most likely to face this phenomenon (25%).

By: Maiko Schnelle

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