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Pablo E. Pinto; Daniela Henriquez-Encamilla – International Journal of Training and Development, 2024
Active labour policies are globally adopted to tackle unemployment and enhance job matching. In Chile, a predominantly supply-focused approach involves training workers, especially in vulnerable groups, as it is believed that investing in human capital will align job demand and available skills. This subnational Chilean case study in the Coquimbo…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Stakeholders, Job Training
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van der Baan, Niels; Raemdonck, Isabel; Bastiaens, Ellen; Beausaert, Simon – International Journal of Training and Development, 2022
Employability, defined as a set of competences that allow an individual to create and maintain a job, is pivotal for both organizations and employees. Organizations with an employable workforce remain competitive and individuals who are employable experience better career development. The present study investigates self-directed learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Independent Study, Expertise
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Sung, Johnny; Ng, Michael Chi Man; Loke, Fiona; Ramos, Catherine – International Journal of Training and Development, 2013
This paper concerns the changing nature of employability skills, moving from the original life skills or basic skills concepts to the increasingly work-oriented interpretation. The early concept of employability skills linked employability skills to job readiness and holding down employment. However, the work-oriented focus is increasingly linking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Labor Force Development
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van der Heijden, Beatrice; Boon, Jo; van der Klink, Marcel; Meijs, Ely – International Journal of Training and Development, 2009
Although learning is generally perceived as a way to improve employees' current job performance, so far, no research has been conducted to explore the possible relationships between formal and informal learning, on the one hand, and employability, on the other. Though contemporary views stress the importance of the job as a powerful learning site,…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Informal Education, Education Work Relationship, Professional Personnel