According to a Ceemet case-study report published today, metal, engineering and technology (MET) employers invest increasingly in the training of their employees based on company specific skills needs. These tailor-made competence development initiatives respond to the need to update, upgrade and create new skills, knowledge and competence that employees are lacking, but that are necessary to remain internationally competitive. There is a shift towards higher skilled jobs, and the skills that an individual has when he or she enters the labour market today are often not enough to meet the changing needs of companies over a longer period of time.