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Europe Summit / Youth unemployment / Is a guarantee of a job, training or apprenticeship enough ?
While the EU agreed in April to re-target 6 billion euro to offer a “guarantee” of a job, training or apprenticeship within four months of someone becoming unemployed or leaving formal education, many think the measure alone isn’t sufficient enough Continue reading
Canada / Total registrations in apprenticeship training programs across Canada declined in 2011
Total registrations in apprenticeship training programs across Canada declined 1.0% from the previous year to 426,283 in 2011. This was the first decline since 2008. Training programs received 97,605 new registrations in 2011, up 5.4% from 2010 but down from the 9.1% advance posted a year earlier. (This includes those individuals who were reinstated in 2011 after a year or more of absence.) Although new registrations have been increasing … Continue reading
Canada / People don’t want to move out of province Bank Canada research finds
In theory, this need not be a crippling blow for the national economy. In the above scenario, rational Ontarians should follow the money and migrate to Alberta to take advantage of the boom times. But as a team of Bank Canada economists remind in an excellent new study (pdf), Canada doesn’t really work this way. … Continue reading
Massive Open Online Courses / An Initiative to Train Ten Million Skilled Workers by 2020
According to McKinsey Global Institute, June 2012, World at Work, Jobs, Pay and Skills for 3.5 Billion People, projections indicate that by 2020 there will be over 85,000,000 unfilled skilled jobs with an unemployed workforce exceeding 95,000,000 potential employees without the skills required to fill those jobs. MOOCDOM offers employers the ability to create customized … Continue reading
UK / Employers not making the most of e-learning methods
Three-quarters (74%) of organisations currently use e-learning, but only 15% report that it is one of the most effective learning practices available to them. This gap will need to be closed if UK businesses are to keep up with the impact of globalisation and capitalise on the benefits of e-learning, such as improved connectivity and … Continue reading
Canada – Ontario – Quebec / A confrontation emerges on workforce training
The Minister of Finance of Canada, M. Jim Flaherty and his colleague Human Resources and Skills Development, Mrs. Diane Finley launched theirs courses of action in workforce training last week. It might be a political football, but Quebec and Ontario were fast to react. Those reactions are certainly fuelled by the media, as always. Ottawa … Continue reading
Canada / Failure to graduate enough tradespeople has been a constant for decades
Canada’s failure to graduate enough tradespeople has been a constant for decades. While Canada had nearly 400,000 registered apprentices in 2010, less than 50 per cent went on to obtain their certifications. Most dropouts leave because current policies make it impossible for them to stay… The average starting age of an apprentice is 27. Surveys … Continue reading
Canada / The Government Training Agenda
Speaking at the Canada 2020 Conference on Skilled Trades in the Energy Sector in Ottawa Feb. 28, Diane Finley, minister of human resources and skills development, noted labour shortages and skills mismatches have become a “dominant policy concern.” A number options are under consideration, including: • Helping Canadians make more informed career choices, including at … Continue reading
Canada and the Provinces / New voucher plan for training being weighed by Flaherty to replace agreements
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty this morning met with Canada’s largest trades union, the AFL-CIO, to discuss transferring nearly $2 billion of funding for labour training from the provinces to a voucher system for individuals ahead of the 2013 budget. The transfer was part of a broader discussion between Flaherty and Robert Blakely, the chief operating … Continue reading
UK / Training Older Workers / 92% of employers don’t invest in training of over 60
A recent poll of UK CEOs has uncovered a worrying neglected generation of older workers. This new research, commissioned by Skillsoft, reveals that 92% of UK business leaders openly admit they don’t invest in training and development for employees over the age of 60. With many employees now choosing to work past the traditional retirement … Continue reading
Alberta / Fast Tracking Skilled Immigrants or Training Canadians ? (video)
A fast track for skilled immigrants takes effect today, but should we be training more Canadians. Source: via Alberta Primetime – Alberta’s Fast Track for Skilled Immigrants.
Skills Gap / SMEs are not confident enough right now to make big investments in training
“We’ve been able to find the types of people that we want as long we are willing to invest in them to bring them to the level of skill that we need,” says Tammy Krings who has something of a happy problem for her growing, Columbus, Ohio-based global travel business, TS24… Millions of small- and medium-sized employers, … Continue reading
Community Colleges / Job Retraining Programs: Getting back into the workforce
Community colleges have long played a key role as an entryway to better career opportunities for adults in the workforce. But with the job market more competitive than ever and the unemployment rate stubbornly stuck near 8%, community colleges across the country are launching new initiatives that are more aggressive in helping unemployed Americans find … Continue reading
Australia and New Zealand / Partnership for jobs training
New Zealand and Australia are aiming to jointly develop tertiary and vocational education to meet the needs of employers on both sides of the Tasman, New Zealand Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce said Wednesday. Joyce said he would be the first New Zealand Minister to attend Australia’s Ministerial Standing Council on Tertiary … Continue reading
India – Training – Infosys Trains 100,000 students on skill enhancement
Infosys BPO Ltd., the business process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys, on Thursday announced that Project Genesis, its flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, has trained more than 100,000 students across India to enhance their level of employability in the ITeS industry. Project Genesis is an industry-academia partnership initiative that was launched in Karnataka by Infosys … Continue reading
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