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Gender Diversity – Technology can promote it
BCG analyzed technology’s potential in aiding companies’ gender diversity efforts and concluded that technology can help in both short-term and long-term ways. In the short term, companies can use technology to support specific types of diversity interventions. Longer term, women who develop expertise in digital will be positioning themselves for leadership roles in the many … Continue reading
Methods to Anticipate Skills Demand – Different methodological approaches
Skills imbalances are largely the result of failures that characterize the education and labor markets. First, individuals and training providers frequently make decisions based on incomplete information on the returns from each investment. Second, there is a lag between the time when individuals make training decisions and when they enter the workforce. In addition, as … Continue reading
Lifelong Learning – The future of learning is not in the classroom, with increased importance of “soft” attributes as collaboration, empathy, and meaning making
The future of learning is not in the classroom. It’s in the field—finding ways to do better while doing the work. This won’t happen by chance. You need to model learning behaviors and invest in the development of learning processes and tools. You need to take an appropriately humble stand about the challenges ahead—for you … Continue reading
Training, Apprenticeship and Internship – 5 Models of work-based and work-related learning
In Germany work-based learning – which goes by the long-established title: “Learning in the Process of Work”, has been gaining in importance since the 1970s. The term learning here is considered the ideal for the comprehensive development that delivers professional competence. The digitalization of work actually reinforces a renaissance of learning in and through work. … Continue reading
NEETs in EU – A toolkit for a sustainable activation
This toolkit is intended to assist you in designing and implementing your approach to activate people not in employment, education and training (NEETs). The toolkit provides concrete guidance and tools for PES to assess the NEET challenge and set priorities; draft and implement an Action Plan; and develop new tools, measures and competences from scratch. … Continue reading
National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) – A toolkit
Most of the ETF’s 29 partner countries have national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) but these mainly exist only on paper or are only partially implemented. This toolkit examines why countries are blocked and proposes solutions to speed up implementation. We go wider than the NQFs themselves. It is not about NQFs per se, but about qualification … Continue reading
Three strategic steps you can take to reduce bias during candidate screening
Overcoming bias in the screening stage requires not just the right technology but an overall strategy as well. Here are three strategic steps you can take to reduce bias during candidate screening. 1) Identify If a Bias Exists During the Screening Stage Identify if a bias exists in your candidate screening by comparing the demographics of the … Continue reading
Workforce Skills Assessment – A Guide on instruments
The education that people acquire before entering the labor market, as well as the training they receive on the job, are determinants of human capital accumulation. However, direct measurements of investments in education and training are not necessarily a good proxy for workforce skills. Variables such as years of schooling or hours of training received … Continue reading
Skills Forecasting – One way to identify future imbalances between labour supply and demand
In a context of dynamic and complex labour markets, matching the right workers and skills with the right jobs becomes increasingly dif cult. Skills forecasting is one way to identify future imbalances between labour supply and demand. Sometimes called ‘labour market forecasting’ or ‘employment forecasts’, this methodology aims to make predictions about future imbalances in … Continue reading
VET Dropouts in Europe – VET toolkit for tackling early leaving
What is the VET toolkit for tackling early leaving? The Europe-wide VET toolkit for tackling early leaving was developed by Cedefop in 2017. Based on evidence of success, it provides practical guidance, tips, good practices and tools drawn from VET aiming at: helping young people at risk of becoming early leavers to attain at least … Continue reading
Recruiting – 10 things ethical and professional recruiters never, ever do
The barriers to entry for a would-be independent contingency recruiter are nonexistent. Anyone with a phone and an internet connection can call themselves a recruiter and start representing themselves that way to candidates. That’s why the business of recruiting has a bad reputation with so many people. It’s a shame, because there are also top-notch, … Continue reading
Certified Age Friendly Employer (CAFE) Program – RetirementJobs.com
RetirementJobs.com’s Certified Age Friendly Employer (CAFE) program is an initiative to identify those organizations that are committed to being the best places to work for employees at or above age 50. Certified employers are those that value employees based solely on their proficiency, qualifications and contribution and also maintain policies, practices and programs supporting people … Continue reading
10 of the worst problems with the well-established Recruiting and Selection process
10 of the worst problems with the well-established Recruiting and Selection process used at nearly every medium-sized and large organization: 1. Job openings are designed based on the Essential Requirements needed for the job (many of which are untested, arbitrary and not even close to Essential) rather than on the work itself. This happens because … Continue reading
Tech Is Changing “Matching” in the Workforce
As technological innovations have boosted data collection and processing capabilities in the last decade, tools and platforms using this technology have changed or accelerated how job seekers and employers nd each other. Combined with overall labor market trends that see workers changing jobs more frequently and a higher need for more specialized skills, these matching … Continue reading
US – Top 10 creative jobs in demand
Everyone knows the top-paying jobs are typically found in science and business. However, there are plenty of top-dollar career options for professionals whose passions are in the creative fields: coming up with new and original ideas, projects or products. CareerBuilder and Emsi compiled a list of the top 10 creative jobs the labor market needs … Continue reading
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