{"id":284456,"date":"2025-07-23T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/284456\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:00:09","slug":"channel-islands-urged-to-tap-into-its-talent-to-boost-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/284456\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel Islands urged to tap into its talent to boost economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said there were multiple reasons why people may not return to work, including childcare costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;For older workers, it&#8217;s more around them often wanting flexibility that employers are either unwilling or unable to provide,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;One of the other barriers, for people who have maybe been out of work, even for as little as 12 months, is feeling left behind by technology and AI.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ms Yildrim said the return of these workers could have &#8220;significant benefits&#8221; for businesses and the economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re talking an additional 7,500-plus workers across Jersey and Guernsey &#8211; translating into GVA value of \u00a3700m.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ms Yildirim said an &#8220;open-minded approach&#8221; was needed by employers to source local talent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;For the community as a whole, we&#8217;ve got to call out ageism and tackle some of the stereotypes,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She said there were multiple reasons why people may not return to work, including childcare costs. &#8220;For older&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3092],"tags":[51,897,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-284456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-jobs","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114901026332049411","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}