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University of Kent, based on a number of surveys on the skills required by graduates undertaken by Microsoft, Target Jobs, the BBC, Prospects, NACE and AGR and other organisations, has produced a summary of the skills which were most often deemed important.has. Each element are clikable so you get more details on the skill. For … Continue reading
Montana / Oil boom affecting educational choices of young people
The energy boom unfolding in the northern Plains states, centered in North Dakota, is quickly spilling over into Montana. It’s a big reason the U.S. is now forecast to be the world’s biggest oil producer within a decade. Not surprisingly, the boom is affecting the economic and educational choices of young people. Reporter Jack Healy is … Continue reading
American Chinese immigrants / Affluent and educated elites choosing for a better education for their children
Americans may complain about the quality of their schools, but for the most recent wave of Chinese immigrants, it’s the No. 1 draw. According to the 2012 Annual Report of Chinese International Migration published this Monday, China is undergoing a mass migration of its citizens overseas, with the United States being far and away the … Continue reading
The academic arms race: to educate everyone at the level of the elite in the past
The good jobs that do exist increasingly require higher education: Since the recession started in the U.S. in 2007, the number of jobs needing a college degree has risen by 2.2 million, according to a recent Georgetown University study. The number of jobs for mere high-school graduates fell by 5.8 million. Just to stay even, … Continue reading
Born in the bottom without higher education: 45% chance of remaining there
As the semester draws to a close at schools and universities across the country and college applications are submitted, the Treasury Department has released a report that should be food for thought for students scrambling to complete their work and finish their exams. The new report, prepared in conjunction with the Education Department, shows that … Continue reading
Dropout / Canada : Boy’s share continues to rise and some groups show lack achievement
“One of the most robust predictions about any teenager’s future is that dropping out of high school will increase the probability of a life marred by lengthy bouts of unemployment and poverty. Although a high-school certificate is a low rung on the education ladder, it is the crucial one if an individual is to have … Continue reading
Career / The Top Five Regrets
Disappointment doesn’t discriminate; no matter what industry the individual operated in, what role they had been given, or whether they were soaring successes or mired in failure, five dominant themes shone through. Importantly, the effects of bad career decisions and disconfirmed expectancies were felt equally across age groups. Here were the group’s top five career … Continue reading
India / Education: Muslim, Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes identities have impact on the probability of over education study finds
In their analysis Anirban Mukherjee and Sourabh Bikas Paul Community identity and skill mismatch: A study on Indian labour market “characterize skill mismatch in Indian labor market” and assess “the role of community identity in explaining the existence of skill mismatch measured by the di fference between a laborer’s education level and the educational requirement of a job (s)he is … Continue reading
Latin America: Tremendous social progress – World Bank
Latin America witnessed tremendous social progress during the last decade writes the World Bank in its report The Labor Market Story Behind Latin America’s Transformation (Adapted choosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor to follow). Inequality of (labor and non-labor) income fell substantially, by 5 Gini points on average for 15 LAC countries, and the robust growth that the … Continue reading
Europe / NEET / 7.5 million young people aged 15–24 and an additional 6.5 million young people aged 25–29 were excluded from the labour market and education in Europe
“The immediate future of Europe depends upon the 94 million Europeans aged between 15 and 29” writes the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in NEETs Young people not in employment, education or training: Characteristics, costs and policy responses in Europe. (Adapted choosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor to follow). Apart from the challenges that young people … Continue reading
China / 31.2 million high-skilled workers, 4.9 million more than at the end of 2009
China’s high-skilled workers reached 31.2 million as of the end of 2011, 4.9 million more than at the end of 2009, according to official data released on Saturday. High-skilled workers accounted for 26.2 percent of China’s 119 million skilled workforce as of the end of 2011, up 1.5 percentage points from the end of 2009, … Continue reading
Gender Gap / Equal Education but Unequal Pay / Infographics from LearnStuff
Check out the infographic below to see the gender wage gap affects. via Equal Education Unequal Pay | LearnStuff.
The Grand Disconnect – Employers, education providers, and youth
“Around the world, governments and businesses face a conundrum: high levels of youth unemployment and a shortage of job seekers with critical skills” writes Mona Mourshed, Diana Farrell, and Dominic Barton in a McKinsey in Its report Education to Employment Designing a system that works. (Adapted choosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor to follow) How can a country successfully move … Continue reading
US / Employment among young people at lowest level since 1950s
Nearly 6.5 million U.S. teens and young adults are neither in school nor in the workforce, veering toward chronic underemployment as adults and failing to gain the skills employers need in the 21st century, according to a new KIDS COUNT® report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Many of these young people, ranging from ages … Continue reading
US / Only major economy where the younger generation not to be better educated than the older
An integral part of the American Dream is under threat – as “downward mobility” seems to be threatening the education system in the United States. The idea of going to college – and the expectation that the next generation will be better educated and more prosperous than its predecessor – has been hardwired into the … Continue reading
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