Increased demand for highly-skilled people is expected to intensify during the economy's recovery.

Professionals who have set up a recruitment company may want to prepare themselves for increased demand for highly-skilled people, which is expected to intensify during the economy's recovery.

However, new research by the Confederation for British Industry (CBI) has revealed that many employers are of the opinion that they will not be able to find people with the skills needed to fill high-level jobs.

While 51 per cent of employers fear they will not be able to fill posts requiring the right graduate level or higher skills in future, 32 per cent believe it will not be difficult to find people for intermediate level jobs requiring skills equivalent to A-level.

"In the future, people with qualifications in science and maths will be particularly sought after, and firms say it is already hard to find people with the right technical or engineering skills," explained CBI director-general Richard Lambert.

Recruitment professionals eager to capitalise on the situation may want to free up their time to focus on getting candidates by outsourcing back office services to an agency.