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Skills Gap in India / Who will pay for workforce development ?
The National Skill Development Mission is an ambitious project of skilling 500 million youth and making them employable by 2022. The recent STAR scheme launched by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), under the Union Government has earmarked ₹10,000 as the expected cost of a single skill intervention. If we juxtapose these facts, India needs … Continue reading
Biden and the Skills Gap in US / 47 overlapping programs in 2009 says GOP
More than 10 million Americans are jobless, but about 4 million jobs were unfilled at the end of November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many economists and industry experts attribute the disparity to a gap between workers\’ skills and the skills employers need. “There are plenty of jobs out there, and there’s a … Continue reading
Immigration and Skills Gap in Canada / Skilled immigrants to be matched with vacancies
The federal government is looking to match skilled immigrants with unfilled jobs, in what it’s calling a new “fast and flexible system of economic immigration” it intends to have in place in January 2015. Under this new system, which the government has compared to “a dating site,” Ottawa would act as chief matchmaker between immigrants who want to move … Continue reading
Canada / The myth of the skills shortage
Canada’s federal politicians are fond of trumpeting that Canada’s economy has performed better than almost any other jurisdiction, and that we should be thankful for their “prudent economic management.” In actual fact, however, the hard numbers indicate that Canada’s jobs performance has been ho-hum at best — and isn’t getting any better. Part of the … Continue reading
Skills Gap in UK Wind Power / Apprenticeship scheme launched
The UK’s Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) – the national body responsible for developing and benchmarking standards and skills in the power sector – recently launched its Wind Turbine Installation and Commissioning Apprenticeship. The second part of the UK’s first wind power-dedicated apprenticeship, it’s designed to develop skills of new recruits to the sector, … Continue reading
Long-term unemployment is increasing around the world says ILO
Unemployment spells for workers are becoming longer in some countries compared to the pre-crisis situation in 2008, according to the new edition of the ILO Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) Continue reading
IT Skills Gap in Europe / Skills mismatches and occupational shifts have worsened
“In all countries, there is an expectation that many of the new jobs created will be in the knowledge-intensive economy,” said Glenda Quintini, a senior labour economist at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. “But we are seeing a worrisome skills mismatch that means a large number of unemployed people are not well prepared … Continue reading
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge, skills, and abilities (aka KSAs) are three different things. And it’s important to know the difference – even though the difference can be subtle. Knowledge is the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. For example, an employee might have knowledge of the ADDIE model used in instructional design. This doesn’t mean the employee … Continue reading
Skills Gap in Colorado / Shortage could raise construction costs
The main reasons for the workforce decrease was the lack of demand for laborers during the economy’s downturn in 2009 Continue reading
Skills Gap in Ireland / Tech multinationals boost but jobs go unfilled
On December 15, after years of spending cuts and tax rises, Ireland will become the first of the rescued eurozone countries to exit its EU-IMF bailout programme. Dublin had to move the economy away from reliance on property “to move to a sustainable economy built on enterprise, innovation and exports,” the minister with responsibility for … Continue reading
IT Security Skills Gap in UK / A self-inflicted crisis?
Some experts, however, believe efforts to boost cyber security education ignore a more fundamental problem: the shortage is largely down to unrealistic recruitment criteria Continue reading
Pharmaceutical / The Skills Gap
It is no secret that there is a shortage of professional skill sets in the life sciences and pharmaceutical sector, and nowhere is this more keenly felt than in the area of Biostatistics where experienced professionals are in demand all across Europe Continue reading
Canada / No shortage of workers, invest in training say studies
Two major recent studies provide excellent overviews of recent developments in the Canadian job market, and an informed framework for thinking about our future skills needs writes The Globe and Mail Continue reading
Skills Gap in Boston / Restaurant jobs are going unfilled
“It’s surprising that we see these unemployment numbers and still aren’t getting enough applicants,” says Shang Skipper Continue reading
BC Skills Gap / Only 18 per cent of employers with trades have apprentices
Difficulty finding a job for that valuable work experience is a challenge for many beginning tradespeople Continue reading
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