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Australia – Troubled Times For Tourism
The latest national study by the Tourism and Transport Forum says that Australian tourism industry will have tough time trying to compete with Asian rivals. As tourists flock to Australia in record numbers, the industry is facing a critical shortage of skilled workers while investors are hitting a brick wall when getting finance from banks. … Continue reading
Bridging the skills gap and education
It’s the Labor Day weekend, a time when we all take a day off to catch a breath. For many people, this weekend will pass without the prospect of work. Yet many employers are unable to find suitable workers, and jobs are unfilled. What can be done? “Mismatches in supply and demand for educated workers … Continue reading
Vocational Education – Renewed Respect
Remember the days of the candy-colored tangerine flake streamline baby, when backyard mechanics could customize their cars? Try that nowadays, warns mechanic Chip Bissey, of J and C Auto in the Northeast. “You’re going to wind up shorting out a computer or something like that and one cross of a wrong wire and you’re out … Continue reading
Middle East and North Africa – Bridging the Skills Gap
OFFICIALS hope a regional labour market study will help identify how to empower Bahrainis working in the private sector. Many are keen to bridge the gap between their qualifications and job requirements, according to the preliminary findings of a new research conducted by global human resources company Aon Hewitt. Said to be the largest study … Continue reading
The Talent War – Is Alberta losing ?
As Lorraine Mitchelmore rushed from a speaking engagement out into a hot June afternoon, the president and country chair of Shell Canada Ltd. paused to consider Alberta’s never-ending shortfall of skilled workers. “There’s a decade of projects that we’ve got in front of us,” she said, standing in the lobby of Calgary’s Delta Hotel on … Continue reading
Germany – Skills Gap – Visa Rules for Skilled Workers Relaxed
Starting tomorrow, many foreign investors and their foreign employees will have an easier time obtaining a residence permit in Germany. Two key changes have been made to streamline the visa process for these groups. The EU Blue Card will be introduced tomorrow. Also, capital and job creation requirements have been eased for investors looking to … Continue reading
Improved Job Search Options Needed
With so many Americans willing and able to work, it should be simple for recruiters, human resource professionals and hiring managers to find qualified talent to fill job openings. But companies are increasingly complaining that they simply can’t find workers with the right skills to fill their job vacancies, especially when it comes to our … Continue reading
India – More hands on offer but not skills
In 2006, a World Bank report on skill development and vocational training in India spelt it out for all – “The relative supply of workers with technical/vocational skills has declined. This may be due to the fact that workers with technical/vocational qualifications do not have the skills that meet the labour market needs – often … Continue reading
German-Style Apprenticeships – Would it Work in the U.S.?
In a world of high youth unemployment, where the supply of skilled labor often fails to match employer demand, Germany believes help can be found in its Dual Vocational Training System (TVET)—a time-tested economic model now incorporated into the Federal Republic’s law. This program, many supporters believe, is the reason why Germany has the lowest jobless rate among … Continue reading
Pakistan – An action plan for the implementation of National Skills Strategy
National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) in collaboration with TVET Reform Support Program have started work on formulating an action plan for the implementation of National Skills Strategy (NSS). Preparatory work for development of the action plan began at TVET Coordination Forum on Monday, where officials from NAVTTC and Federal Public sector institutes imparting … Continue reading
The Global Skill Gap: 38 million to 40 million fewer workers with tertiary education than employers will need
Over the past three decades, as developing economies industrialized and began to compete in world markets, a global labor market started taking shape. As more than one billion people entered the labor force, a massive movement from “farm to factory” sharply accelerated growth of productivity and per capita GDP in China and other traditionally rural … Continue reading
Migrant Workers | A8 Countries | Great Britain: Overall, have contributed to the growth of the UK economy
“In May 2004 the UK, Sweden and Ireland were the only EU countries to fully open their labour markets to migrant workers from A8 countries.[1]” write Nick Clark and Jane Hardy in Free Movement in the EU – The Case of Great Britain, a report publisher on Bibliothek der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. “The same access to labour … Continue reading
Scholl to work transition : lessons from around the world
In a well documented paper, David Raffe, from University of Edinburgh, tells us that : The processes and outcomes of education-work transitions vary across countries and these differences tend to persist over time Institutional differences which create different national ‘logics’ largely explain these differences System reactions to pressure and theirs impacts vary. His General findings Where … Continue reading
India | Reverse Brain Drain | Who’s Coming Back and Why?
India’s faltering growth may be disappointing, but it’s still much more rapid than the continued stagnation of the U.S. economy. In certain fields, at least there are still opportunities to be seized in India by those with a taste for adventure. Labor economists call this kind of migration the “reverse brain drain.” Ironically, the migrants … Continue reading
Employers and Young Talents | Do not rely on the market for talent writes ManpowerGroup
As a series of demographic and economic shifts intensely converge, creating a “Human Age,” a range of population groups are being alienated from work opportunities in the global economy writes ManpowerGroup in Wanted: Energized, Career-Driven Youth. (Adapted excerpts by Job Market Monitor following) Young workers are most affected and have been labeled a lost generation of … Continue reading
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