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US Skills Gap / Who’s to blame for it ?
New data suggest that although many companies continue to complain about the so-called skills gap, few are taking steps to fix it. Continue reading
Canada / There are, and will be, acute skilled trade challenges says BuildForce Canada
“The reality is that there are, and will be, acute skilled trade challenges within the construction industry in parts of Canada that simply cannot be ignored,” said Rosemary Sparks, Executive Director of BuildForce Canada, a national industry-led organization that provides critical labour market forecasts Continue reading
US Skills Gap / The Labor Market Polarization
the decline in the share of workers in middle-skill jobs is due both to a decline in inflows into these jobs and because of a rise in outflows from these jobs research finds Continue reading
Canada’s Skills Gap / 88% of respondents ready to acquire new skills and 38% ready to relocate Hays finds
Canadian workers are beginning to respond to Canada’s well-known and continually growing talent shortage and skills mismatch by retraining themselves for in-demands jobs Continue reading
Canada’s Job Market / A virtual hotbed of contradictions
On the one hand, employers and their associations claim there is a labour shortage. Yet 1.3 million workers are officially unemployed Continue reading
Canada’s Skills Gap / The economy faces a deep structural problem says says Isidore LeBlond, chief executive of Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists
“The skills mismatch means we’re constantly being questioned by employers looking for the next worker – the worker with the right skill set,” says Isidore LeBlond, chief executive of CCTT. “We want to make sure we’re teaching the right (skills),” he adds. Continue reading
US / Immigration Reform needed to fill the Skills Gap
The problem with the system is that it’s arbitrary and doesn’t meet the needs of employers Continue reading
Skills Gap in Canada / 1.3 million skilled labour jobs sitting vacant by 2016
In our single-minded obsession with academia, we forgot that the millions of people who literally built our economy would one day be retiring Continue reading
Skills Gap in BC Building Sector / The industry turns to Ireland
The current shortage of skilled tradespeople in Western Canada is so dire that the B.C. Construction Association is returning to Ireland this month to hire 600 people, said the group’s vice-president. In fact, even if one-in-five students graduating from high school in B.C. during the next three years were to pursue a trade, there still … Continue reading
Canada / Encourage Americans to head north and fill skilled positions says Conference Board
That’s the recommendation of a new that makes some interesting points while coming to what some may consider a controversial conclusion Continue reading
The Skills Gap in US / Don’t Blame Students for it
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that although nearly 12 million U.S. workers are unemployed, businesses report nearly four million open jobs—jobs that cannot be filled by previously displaced workers because of gaps in skills. There is clearly a mismatch between the education and skills that many Americans have and what employers need. At a … Continue reading
Hays Global Skills Index 2013 / Labour markets efficiency is not directly related to the current state of the economy
The Hays Global Skills Index 2013 shows that structural factors have the greatest impact on the efficiency of the labour market Continue reading
Australia’s Truckers / Twelve percent of the workforce is aged 60 years or older
With nearly half of the transport and logistics workforce aged 45 years or older, strategies are needed to transfer their knowledge and attract new entrants, the Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council (TLISC) says Continue reading
China / Who Is To Blame For The Worst Graduate Job Market
Approximately 6.99 million students will graduate this year from Chinese colleges and universities, a new all-time high. This reflects China’s attempt to upgrade its workforce by promoting higher education. But the labor market is sending some rather disappointing messages. Against the backdrop of the troubled world economy and faltering domestic demand, companies in China are … Continue reading
US / LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner on Fixing the skills gap
The U.S. faces a “widening skills gap,” LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner said during a fireside chat at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco. Our unemployment rate is sitting at 7.5 percent, while we have 3.8 million jobs available. The fix? Education and immigration reform. Weiner lauded the work of websites like the Khan Academy … Continue reading
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