For a manufacturer Cutting back on the workforce is a relatively simple short-term solution it is not necessarity the best long-term strategy in certain key industries skilled labour is hard to find-and keep the job market can fluctuate as erratically as the consumer market there are fashionable jobs there are glamorous jobs and jobs that nobody wants to do these trends are reflected in the kind of further training chosen by school leavers and in the kinds of further education courses on offer