Job Market Monitor
Michel Cournoyer
Mutual Recognition of Qualifications – Six regulated occupations in the tourism sector of Southeast Asia
Seeking to improve the intraregional mobility of workers in the tourism sector and six regulated occupations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) between 2005 and 2014 signed accords meant to speed the mutual recognition of professional and academic qualifications. By jointly setting standardized rules for mutual recognition and renouncing, in part or in full, … Continue reading
Healthcare Jobs – How hiring language reinforces “pink collar” jobs
The way we write about healthcare jobs is leading to a shortage of labor in the industry. In general, listings for pink-collar jobs are more feminine in tone. The roles seen as most suited to women and their characteristics are full of words and phrases that statistically attract more women. This reveals an opportunity for employers … Continue reading
Globalization in Germany – A stabilizing effect on manufacturing jobs
Unlike in the case of the US, rising trade with emerging low-wage countries did not speed up the decline of manufacturing in Germany. Trade, in fact, slowed it down because the rising exports to these new markets worked to stabilize industry jobs, which might have otherwise been replaced by service jobs. A new IZA Discussion Paper by Wolfgang … Continue reading
Training on entry – Improves worker-job matching and employee engagement
New recruits receive less training than employees with longer job tenure. Training on entry into post is provided less frequently for formerly unemployed individuals than for people already in employment prior to recruitment. Nevertheless, the fact of having received post-hire training seems to improve employee retention, particularly among the previously unemployed. Such training would appear … Continue reading
Growth and Employment – The challenges for the coming years
Growth continues to disappoint, both in terms of its level but also in terms of its ability to make important inroads to making growth more inclusive. The ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2017 highlights the challenges for the coming year in jobs and the labour market.
Labor Force Participation in US – The CBO’s projections: a drop of 3.7 percentage points over 30 years
What Are CBO’s Current Projections of Labor Force Participation? CBO projects that the rate of labor force participation (that is, the number of people who are either working or seeking work as a share of the civilian noninstitutionalized population age 16 or older) will decline from 62.8 percent in 2017 to 61.0 percent in 2027 and … Continue reading
Global Unemployment – To rise modestly in 2017 says ILO
The global unemployment rate is expected to rise modestly from 5.7 to 5.8 per cent in 2017 representing an increase of 3.4 million in the number of jobless people, a new ILO report shows (table 1). The number of unemployed persons globally in 2017 is forecast to stand at just over 201 million – with … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Jobs – Far from killing the jobs of knowledge workers, this tends to free them up to do what they are paid for
“Knowledge work, for the first time, can be produced at volume from NLG-AI systems,” Gould says. “Far from killing the jobs of knowledge workers, this tends to free them up to do what they are paid to do—innovate, model, refine, and improve on the expertise of their business.” “Far from killing the jobs of knowledge … Continue reading
Finlande – Test d’un revenu de base universel à 780$ (560 euros)
Le Parlement finlandais a donné son feu vert mardi pour tester auprès de 2000 chômeurs le versement d’un « revenu de base » de 560 euros par mois, allocation qui pourrait être ultérieurement accordée à tout citoyen sans conditions. Sur deux ans, en 2017 et 2018, l’État comparera la trajectoire de ces 2000 chômeurs entre 25 et 58 ans, choisis au … Continue reading
Low-Wage Earner in EU – 1 out of 6 employees
The proportion of low-wage earners among employees amounted to 17.2% in 2014 in the European Union (EU). This means that they earned two-thirds or less of their national median gross hourly earnings. There are large differences between genders and age groups regarding the proportion of low-wage earners. In the EU in 2014, 21.1% of female … Continue reading
Cities in UK – They should support economic growth to attract and retain a greater number of graduates, then it needs to
Attracting and retaining talent is increasingly critical for the success of city economies as the UK continues to specialise in ever more high-skilled, knowledge- intensive activities. And this is a big challenge for many of our cities. While the UK’s great universities are spread around the country, many graduates head straight for the bright lights … Continue reading
Employers Skills Needs in Wisconsin – Work ethic is the most important
Wisconsin and the nation are struggling with how to address persistent unemployment and an economy recovering too slowly from the Great Recession of 2008. While economists point to a host of reasons for sluggish growth, including low aggregate demand, outsourcing, spending cuts, and so on, some argue a principal culprit is the “skills gap.” Based … Continue reading
Higher Education or VET in Australia
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at The skilled labour market: a pictorial overview of trends and shortage 2015-16
Les compétences génériques, c’est quoi ?
Si les compétences génériques sont un atout en milieu de travail, peuvent-elles être un levier pour l’accès à l’emploi pour des personnes éloignées du marché du travail? Y a-t-il des enjeux spécifiques autour de cette question pour les apprenant-e-s en alphabétisation et en formation générale des adultes? C’est ce que pensent des chercheur-e-s, analystes et … Continue reading
Québec – La concomitance de la formation professionnelle et de la formation générale la persévérance et à la réussite scolaires des élèves de moins de 20 ans
Afin de faciliter l’accès aux études professionnelles des jeunes, le ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS) a implanté une voie de concomitance de la formation professionnelle (FP) et de la formation générale (FG) à horaire intégré au cours des dernières années. Cette voie permet à des élèves de s’inscrire à un programme … Continue reading
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