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Michel Cournoyer
Postsecondary Students Perceive Skills Gap in Ontario – The largest gaps in transferable skills in leadership, teamwork and creative/innovative thinking skills
Ontario students perceive gap between skills learned in postsecondary and those needed in the workplace Postsecondary students perceive a gap between the skills they think they will need in their future careers and those they are developing while in university or college, according to a survey conducted by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario … Continue reading
Workplace Learning and Development – At the tipping point LinkedIn finds
State of the learning and development (L&D) industry: At the tipping point Survey results indicate a tipping point in the L&D industry. Increased budgets and executive support are paving the way for talent developers to play a more strategic role. One with the support and technology to tackle day-to-day challenges, as well as more strategic … Continue reading
Reskilling and The Future of Work in US – $24,800 per displaced worker, with $4.7 billion from the private sector to reskill 25% of all workers in disrupted jobs
As the Fourth Industrial Revolution impacts skills, tasks and jobs, there is growing concern that both job displacement and talent shortages will impact business dynamism and societal cohesion. A proactive and strategic effort is needed on the part of all relevant stakeholders to manage reskilling and upskilling to mitigate against both job losses and talent … Continue reading
Women in STEM in Canada – More than 4 in 10 after five years
The underrepresentation of women in certain science, technology, engineering and mathematics and computer science (STEM) fields of study has attracted considerable attention over the last several decades. Women’s representation in STEM fields can be affected by choices and barriers at different stages of their education, including their initial field of study and whether or not … Continue reading
Job Report in US, April 2019 – Employment rebounds with a 263,000 increase and at 3.6 percent, the lowest rate since December 1969
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 263,000 in April, and the unemployment rate declined to 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Notable job gains occurred in professional and business services, construction, health care, and social assistance. Household Survey Data The unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point to 3.6 percent in … Continue reading
TIC et Formation en France – Les utilisateurs de TIC profitent davantage des apprentissages informels
Plus de huit salariés sur dix mobilisent les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) dans leur travail, mais à des degrés divers et selon des profils d’utilisateurs différents.Repérer l’influence des TIC sur les différentes manières d’apprendre au travail est ainsi une des façons possibles d’anticiper la transition numérique. Les plus connectés accèdent davantage … Continue reading
Family Income and Higher Education in Canada – Larger increase in earnings among youth from lower-income families
A postsecondary education has been identified as a key factor in labour market success, but youth from lower income families are far less likely to pursue a college or university education than their counterparts from higher income families. To address this gap, student loans and grants, as well as education savings incentives are largely designed … Continue reading
European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF) – 39 European countries are currently developing 43 NQFs
39 European countries are currently developing 43 national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) which have reached different stages of implementation. Some countries have been or are revising their frameworks. Comprehensive frameworks gaining ground European countries tend to use their frameworks to create comprehensive maps of qualifications in all sectors (VET, higher education, general education, adult learning). Many … Continue reading
Employment in EU – Rate of people aged 20 to 64 reached a new peak at 73.2% in 2018
In 2018, the employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 in the European Union (EU) stood at 73.2%, up compared with 2017 (72.2%). The Europe 2020 strategy target is to reach a total employment rate for people aged 20 to 64 of at least 75% in the EU by 2020. This objective has been … Continue reading
France – 54% sont opposés à “travailler davantage”
54% des Français sont opposés à l’ambition d’Emmanuel Macron de “travailler davantage” en France, selon notre sondage Ifop pour le JDD. Mais si tel est le cas, les sondés préféreraient que cela passe par un abandon des 35h plutôt qu’une augmentation de leurs années de cotisation ou la suppression d’un ou plusieurs jours fériés. … Continue reading
Aging – Likely a transitory phenomenon in high-income countries
Will the population of today’s high-income countries continue to age throughout the remainder of the century? We answer this question by combining two methodologies, Bayesian hierarchical probabilistic population forecasting and the use of prospective ages, which are chronological ages adjusted for changes in life expectancy. We distinguish two variants of measures of aging: those that … Continue reading
Global Aging – The trend towards higher levels of educational attainment may help to reduce economic dependency
When studying the economic consequences of changes in the age structure of the population, looking at economic dependency ratios provides us with some descriptive and intuitive initial insights. In this paper, we present two economic dependency ratios. The first ratio is based on economic activity status, and relates the number of dependent individuals to the … Continue reading
Education and Demography – The world population is likely to grow more slowly with United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (2015–2030)
This article is a discussion of the role of education in demography, and focuses specifically on efforts by Wolfgang Lutz and his team to add education as a fourth dimension to demographic projection models, after place, age, and sex. In this piece, I review a very important publication produced by the Wittgenstein Centre, World Population … Continue reading
Skills Gap of Applicants in US – 42 Percent don’t meet skills requirements, but companies are willing to train up
Should professionals mind the skills gap when applying for a position? In new research from global staffing firm Robert Half, HR managers said 42 percent of resumes they receive, on average, are from candidates who don’t meet the job requirements. In a separate survey of workers, 78 percent admitted they would submit for a role … Continue reading
Non-Standard Work – How tax systems influence choice of employment form
Recent policy discussion has highlighted the variety of ways in which the world of work is changing. In this regard, one recent development has been that many countries have seen increases in forms of non-standard work. This raises questions over whether such trends have been beneficial, representing increased flexibility and adaptability in the workforce, or … Continue reading
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