Millions of school leavers and graduates with 'fairly useless' degrees are unemployable because they lack basic skills, a major business lobby group will warn today. The devastating report, from the British Chambers of Commerce, reveals small businesses are frustrated at the quality of applicants, who they say can barely concentrate or add up.

一家大型商業(yè)游說團體今天警告說，上百萬中學或大學畢業(yè)生空有一張“無用”文憑，卻無法被雇傭，因為他們缺乏基本技能。這份來自英國商務部的報告辛辣地指出，小企業(yè)主們對求職者的職業(yè)素質頗感失望，認為他們集中不了精力，連簡單的運算都不會。

Nearly half of the 2,000 firms surveyed said they would be 'fairly or very nervous' about hiring someone who has just finished their A-levels.

在參與這次調查的2000家公司中，約有一半稱如果要雇傭那些剛參加完中學高級水平考試的學生的話，他們得“繃緊神經”。

The report warns: "Too many people [are] coming out with fairly useless degrees in non-serious subjects."

報告警告說：“現(xiàn)在太多人只有一紙無用的文憑，而且學的專業(yè)也沒什么意義。”

Its findings raise serious questions about the type and standard of education and skills training in Britain.

調查結果就英國教育的類型和標準以及技能訓練提出了嚴肅的問題。

The group questioned the owners of 'micro-businesses', those with fewer than ten employees. Many have vacancies which they are desperate to fill but were scathing about the quality of candidates.

調查小組向那些員工少于10名的“超小型公司”的老板們詢問后發(fā)現(xiàn)，很多公司都急需新人來填補職位空缺，但他們對于求職者素質的評價卻很嚴厲。

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