Financial services should encourage apprenticeships - CII

The call comes as a number of surveys reveal many UK job candidates do not have the right skills or qualifications. The CII says employers are beginning to realise that university degrees are becoming devalued and urges financial services employers to look at the apprenticeship route for new talent. Caspar Bartington, relationship manager for further and higher education at the CII, says: “It's key for employers to get involved in the programme, particularly in the Financial Services sector which hasn't traditionally engaged with Apprenticeships in the past, and with a skills shortage a...