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Michel Cournoyer
“Mon Compte Formation” en France – Un “big bang”, une révolution dit le Ministre
Le gouvernement parie sur une “appli” mobile, lancée jeudi, pour faire décoller la formation professionnelle, un an après l’adoption d’une réforme du secteur. Sous l’œil critique de syndicats et parfois des entreprises, le gouvernement parie sur une “appli” mobile, lancée jeudi, pour faire décoller la formation professionnelle, un an après l’adoption d’une réforme du secteur. L’idée est d’encourager les Français à se former tout au … Continue reading
Training in US – The 2019 Training Industry Report
TRAINING EXPENDITURES Total 2019 U.S. training expenditures—including payroll and spending on external products and services—declined 5.3 percent to $83 billion. Spending on outside products and services dipped from $11 billion to $7.5 billion, while other training expenditures (i.e., travel, facilities, equipment) decreased to $23.8 billion from $29.6 billion. Meanwhile, training payroll increased 10 percent to … Continue reading
The Training System in US – Complicated, hard to navigate, and under-funded
The American job training, or human capital development, system is complicated, hard to navigate, and under-funded. Yet at the same time it has significant strengths and many best practice and effective models. The United States does not have a training system for adults if what is meant by the term “system” is a well-articulated set … Continue reading
Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage – An interactive tool that allows users to explore the effects of policies by CBO
The federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour has not changed since 2009. Increasing it would raise the earnings and family income of most low-wage workers, lifting some families out of poverty—but it would cause other low-wage workers to become jobless, and their family income would fall. This interactive tool allows users to explore the … Continue reading
Génération 2010 en France – Des débuts de carrière plus chaotiques pour une génération plus diplômée
Que sont devenus les jeunes sortis du système scolaire en 2010, à tous les niveaux de formation, avec ou sans diplôme ? Que nous apprennent leurs 7 premières années de vie active sur les transformations structurelles du marché du travail ? Comment la conjoncture difficile a-t-elle pesé sur leurs trajectoires ? Les derniers résultats de … Continue reading
Higher Education in UK – Detailed case studies of partnerships for high-level skills
The UK has a world-class university system that plays a crucial role in producing a highly skilled workforce that can meet the rapidly shifting needs of the country. To remain responsive, the sector is developing new models and approaches. Partnerships between higher education, further education, employers and other parts of the tertiary education system are … Continue reading
Future of work – How it sidelines worker voices
This blind spot that exists toward these vulnerable workers reflects in part the long-run erosion of worker power and the precipitous decline in the reach of unions, rising inequality, the fissuring of the workplace, and the impact of globalization and technology on the “hollowing out” of the job market. Many workers who hold jobs most … Continue reading
O*NET database – What’s New?
The 24.1 release of the O*NET database includes the following: 1,416 technology skills related to 332 occupations were updated from employer job postings and other sources. Currently, 161 “hot technologies” are identified. 170 alternate titles related to 102 occupations were added from employer job postings and other sources. The new data is incorporated within My … Continue reading
Future of Work – 18 to 34 hold almost 40% of the US jobs that could disappear in the next decade
With each passing year, parents are getting more worried about how their children will fare once it’s time to take that step from school to the workforce. They have good reason to fret. Some 17 million Americans under age 30—about one third of the under-30 population—are saddled with student debt. Many are worried about their … Continue reading
Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada – Open work permits holders had the lowest median annual earnings in 2016
Temporary residents with open work permits (OWP) accounted for 1.2% of total T4 earners in Canada in 2016 compared with 0.5% a decade earlier. This is a larger increase than among those with employer-specific work permits (ESWP), whose share grew from 0.2% to 0.3% for high-skill workers and stayed the same at 0.3% for low-skill workers. These are among the findings of a … Continue reading
Citizenship of New Immigrants in Canada – It has declined considerably, mainly among immigrants with lower family incomes and lower levels of education
Canada has one of the highest immigrant citizenship rates among major Western countries. However, over the past 20 years, the percentage of recent immigrants acquiring Canadian citizenship has declined considerably, mainly among immigrants with lower family incomes and lower levels of education. Citizenship is a key marker of integration, allowing immigrants to vote, run for political office, … Continue reading
Apprenticeship in US – The wage and participation gap
In recent years, U.S. apprenticeship programs have become popular among politicians, workforce advocates, workers, and employers—and it’s easy to understand why. According to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), people who complete an apprenticeship program can expect to earn an average annual income of approximately $60,000—slightly above the 2016 U.S. national median household income. In … Continue reading
Renewable Energy – 11 million people in 2018, up from 10.3 million in 2017
The global renewable energy sector employed 11 million people in 2018. This compares with 10.3 million in 2017, based on available information. Employment remains concentrated in a handful of countries, with China, Brazil, the United States, India and members of the European Union in the lead. Asian countries’ share remained at 60% of the global … Continue reading
Collective Bargaining – Revamp it to prevent rising labour market inequalities in rapidly changing world of work OECD says
Collective bargaining and worker’s voice are key labour rights but can also improve labour market performances, according to new OECD findings. Yet both these rights are under pressure from the general weakening of labour relations in many countries and the rise of new and often precarious forms of employment, according to a new OECD report. … Continue reading
Higher Education in Ontario – A province-wide assessment of core transferable skills that focuses on literacy, numeracy and critical thinking
Ontario’s postsecondary education system would be best served by a set of performance metrics that would measure, among other things, the skills students acquire during their studies, the link between programs and job success, and institutional financial performance, argues a new paper by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario. In the 2019 budget, the … Continue reading
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