Job Market Monitor
Michel Cournoyer
Skills Strategy and Cities – The case of London
Mayor’s vision The Mayor is determined that London becomes a city where all residents benefit from the capital’s opportunities and success, and where London’s employers and businesses can access the skills they need to succeed and compete, nationally and internationally. To achieve this, London must have a system for post-16 adult education and skills that … Continue reading
The Impact of Automation on Inequality – Increasing it says St. Louis Fed’s study
We use estimates from Frey and Osborne (2017) of how likely automation is to affect occupations. They first identify the tasks of each occupation that may become automated: perception and manipulation tasks, creative intelligence tasks, and social intelligence tasks. Then they use a machine learning algorithm to calculate the probabilities of computerization. We merge their … Continue reading
Skills – The Life Skills for Europe (LSE) Framework
The Life Skills for Europe (LSE) Framework offers an overarching framework for life skills learning that is applicable across Europe. The framework aims to establish a common understanding of life skills by defining eight key types of capabilities necessary to be an active participant in life and work. For each capability there are two aspects, … Continue reading
Global Labour Markets – Regional patterns of the employment distribution by status in employment
Paid employment jobs (those jobs held by employees), particularly continuous and full time paid employment jobs, are known as the standard form of employment, marked by a subordinate and direct relationship between the employer and the employee and the fact that the remuneration is independent from the revenue of the corresponding economic unit. Nevertheless, despite … Continue reading
Higher Education for the 21st Century – Competency-based education and Lifetime Learning Accounts are keys
Today education and training beyond high school are more essential to our success as individuals and as a nation than ever before. Experts estimate that approximately two-thirds of American jobs will require some postsecondary education or training by 2020.1 Of the jobs created since the last recession, almost all have gone to workers with at … Continue reading
Which Digital Skills Count – Measuring only overall demand can be misleading
Nesta’s study of 41 million job adverts reveals not all digital skills will be equally valuable in the future and creativity is key. By 2030 the job market will look dramatically different. Previous Nesta research has predicted that about 10 per cent of workers are in occupations that are likely to grow as a share … Continue reading
The Future of Work – New education models for extending the principle of dual education
How should educational systems and school-to-work transition (SWT) regimes be modeled to better serve the needs of Industry 4.0? Although a high level of general education will be important for its training content to develop adaptability, it is not the only component to develop. What will be increasingly important are the work-related skills. This will … Continue reading
Global Labour Market – Where are the jobs?
Labour markets are evolving and adapting to technological advances, innovations in business and production processes and the emergence of new economic activities, the demand for new services and the data revolution. Global employment has been increasing for many decades now, and is expected to continue doing so at least in the near future. But where … Continue reading
Skills Gap – Use of data from 21st century skills assessments
With the learning goals of education shifting to include a broader range of skills, the challenge globally is how to support students in developing these skills. The components of the education system must be aligned to support the development of 21st century skills, and the qualitatively different structure of these skills requires some completely new … Continue reading
Global Wage Report 2018/19 – The lowest wage growth globally in 2017 since 2008
Global wage growth in 2017 was not only lower than in 2016, but fell to its lowest growth rate since 2008, remaining far below the levels obtaining before the global nancial crisis. Global wage growth in real terms (that is, adjusted for price in a- tion) has declined from 2.4 per cent in 2016 to … Continue reading
Skills Gap – How to address the opportunities and challenges for skill development in the digital economy
The pervasiveness of digital technologies in daily life is fundamentally changing the way individuals access and elaborate knowledge. Individuals have to process complex information, think systematically and take decisions weighting different forms of evidence. They also have to continuously update their skills to match rapid technical change at the workplace. More fundamentally, in order to … Continue reading
Skills Gap – How occupationally relevant knowledge, skills and competences can be recorded better and made visible
Many European states are debating how occupationally relevant knowledge, skills and competences can be recorded better and made visible. Some EU countries have made considerable progress in the identification and recognition of competences acquired via informal and non-formal means. They have established validation systems which accord such competences a value on the labour market. In … Continue reading
Training in UK – 10% had participated in formal learning and 42% in non-formal learning or training in the last 12 months
This report presents the results from the 2016 Adult Education Survey (AES). AES was designed to capture information on participation in various types of learning, as well as on people’s perceived barriers and incentives to learning, and access to information about learning opportunities. Learning is subdivided into three categories: • Formal learning – learning that … Continue reading
Skills Gap in Ireland – A significant proportion of those in employment have low level qualifications and a large number of these are older workers
This document presents the main findings from research and consultation undertaken by SOLAS to inform the development of the 2018-2021 Further Education and Training Policy Framework for Skills Development of People in Employment. The findings are based on a review of national and international policy and research, and current policy, provision and supports for employee … Continue reading
The State of Apprenticeship in the United States
Today, the federal government spends $18 billion for on-the-job training to help workers secure the skills and training they need to access in-demand, well-paying jobs. That number is dwarfed by the estimated $600 billion a year that employers spend on formal and informal training. Employers clearly are committed to investing in their workers. The question … Continue reading
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