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Clayton, Naomi; Evans, Stephen – Learning and Work Institute, 2021
The UK entered the deepest recession in history in 2020, following a decade of sluggish growth. Coronavirus restrictions led to a sharp rise in unemployment, vacancies plummeted, and millions were furloughed. The pandemic has also accelerated technological change, with increased digitalisation and firms discovering new ways to harness emerging…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Employers, Employees, Investment
Montacute, Rebecca; Holt-White, Erica – Sutton Trust, 2021
University students have faced a challenging year, and the academic experience has been widely discussed. But higher education is much broader than just what happens in the lecture hall, with the benefits of the university experience coming from participation in extra-curricular activities, work placements and other enrichment activities, as well…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, School Closing
Siekmann, Gitta – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 35 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. The Organisation for works with countries to develop skills strategies tailored to specific needs and contexts. The Organisation prepared a global…
Descriptors: International Studies, Position Papers, Case Studies, Job Skills
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2017
Increasingly US jobs require data science and analytics skills. Can we meet the demand? The current shortage of skills in the national job pool demonstrates that business-as-usual strategies won't satisfy the growing need. If we are to unlock the promise and potential of data and all the technologies that depend on it, employers and educators will…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Job Skills, Surveys
Lu, Tham – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
Many students do not complete full qualifications in the vocational education and training (VET) system because their intention is to obtain only the particular skills they require. This can be achieved through the acquisition of skill sets; these enable flexibility in training to quickly respond to changes in the labour market. Skill sets may…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Job Skills, Skill Development, Employment Qualifications
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2014
Improvements in workforce skills are essential for European countries to attain higher economic growth and to compete effectively on product markets. Literature indicates a positive relationship between levels of education and productivity growth. This report builds on and expands this body of research in two ways: (1) It investigates the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Job Skills, Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment

Amirault, Thomas – Monthly Labor Review, 1992
From 1983-91, proportions of workers who received training to improve skills jumped from 35-41 percent, attributable largely to company programs. Those who trained to qualify for jobs increased from 55-57 percent. Numbers of African Americans and Hispanics who needed training to qualify were 10 percent below those of other groups. (SK)
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Employment Qualifications, Job Skills, Job Training
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1996
Data from the Youth79 cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys were used to examine the acquisition of skills by young adults at the start of a job and as a response to changes in the workplace. The analysis was based primarily on a set of questions posed in 1993 to a group of workers between the ages of 28 and 36. It was discovered that…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Vignoles, Anna – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2006
Policy-makers in almost all countries agree on one thing: namely on the importance of education and skills to ensuring future economic prosperity. A fruitful line of research has focused on determining the impact that acquiring education or training has on an individual's labour market productivity and earning prospects: this is known as rate of…
Descriptors: Economics, Outcomes of Education, Supply and Demand, Labor Market
Frederick/Schneiders Inc., Washington, DC. – 1992
A study examined the attitudes of individuals who had held positions in hotels or restaurants in which they received tips. Telephone interviews were conducted with 751 adults across the United States who were currently/formerly employed in a position in which gratuities constitute a significant portion of their compensation. The interview…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Development, Career Education, Competence
Copa, George H.; Maurice, Clyde F. – 1978
In 1977 approximately 17% of Minnesota's population aged 16 and over (478,000 people) felt that they definitely needed more job-related training in the next year. Another 9% felt that they perhaps needed more training. Of those indicating training interest, 40% were interested enough to pay a non-refundable course fee; 85% were willing to read…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Age Differences
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2002
The question of whether graduates of programs in Australia's technical and further education (TAFE) sector get what they want from training was examined by analyzing data from the 2001 Student Outcomes Survey. The survey collected data on students who completed a full course of study and graduated from a TAFE institute in Australia in 2000. The…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Change, Career Development, Comparative Analysis
Borthwick, Jessie; John, David; Werner, Mark – 2000
The demand for and supply of skills in the automotive repairs and service trades in Australia were examined to identify skill shortages in the industry. Special attention was paid to the following items: (1) the industry's demand for skills (employment levels; growth; and prospects); (2) the supply of skills to the industry's existing work force…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Apprenticeships, Auto Body Repairers, Auto Mechanics
Doyle, Leonie; Kurth, Brian; Kerr, Ella – 2000
The rise of the office economy and its impact on vocational education and training (VET) in Australia were examined by replicating the methodology used in Carnevale and Rose's U.S. study on the impact of the new office economy. Both studies took a functional approach to analyzing economic activities and the work force and focused primarily on…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Development, Career Ladders, Colleges
Hollander, Cohen, and McBride, Towson, MD. – 1999
The Maryland Workforce Educational Needs Assessment Survey was conducted to determine employer satisfaction with Maryland's educational systems and to identify areas where more training is needed. In June 1999, questionnaires were mailed to 8,175 Maryland employers. An additional 2,395 questionnaires were sent to business organizations and local…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Bachelors Degrees, Change Strategies, Community Colleges
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