FT survey finds one in three recruiters cannot find candidates with the right skills

 

Sionade Robinson has an almost impossible task. As associate director for the MBA programme at Cass Business School in London, she must manage the expectations of high achievers about where their business school degree will take them. One student arrived in her office distraught after being rejected by a large investment bank from its fast-track management programme. They were offering just 15 places worldwide, Ms Robinson recalls. “People think an MBA is a golden ticket, when it is not,” she says.

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