EARLY EXPOSURE IS ESSENTIAL
PEOPLE
60 industrial strategy , this transformation can ’ t happen overnight – and in the interim we face a skills crunch . As a scale-up business in the technology industry , at Egress we have first-hand experience of working hard to attract , recruit and retain the skilled employees vital to our fast-paced growth . It ’ s clear from this experience that the technology community urgently needs to step-up to tackle the lack of STEM skills head-on and get smarter about building our own pipeline of talent . This way we can strengthen our own
workforce continuity , while also offering exciting opportunities to a wider range of people .
EARLY EXPOSURE IS ESSENTIAL
Young people start making career choices at a very early stage , so encouraging them to consider STEM-related roles must reflect that . We need to start competing for talent in the classroom .
Research shows that girls in particular begin to lose interest in STEM-related careers in their
JUNE 2019