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Aomar Ibourk; Zakaria Elouaourti – Education & Training, 2024
Purpose: Young graduates in Morocco are encountering an increasingly challenging labor market environment. Confronted with intense competition, job insecurity, and unclear career trajectories, many find themselves in low-skilled positions despite possessing relevant qualifications. This issue is particularly pronounced among vocational training…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Graduates, Education Work Relationship
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Morrar, Rabeh; Syed Zwick, Hélène – Journal of Education and Work, 2021
Although it might be considered one of the main vigorous distortions in the Palestinian labour market, qualification mismatch has not been studied by researchers in Palestine. We draw upon this gap using Palestinian labour force survey between 2009 and 2016. This paper therefore presents a multinomial logit model to identify the factors affecting…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Salary Wage Differentials, Labor Market, Models
Ball, Charlie – Universities UK, 2022
Some say that there are too many people going to university, and others have spent many years lamenting that they cannot find the graduates they need. What is the actual state of the graduate labour market? How many graduates actually are there? How is a graduate job defined, and how many people are there in them? And what does the future hold for…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, College Graduates, Employment Potential, Labor Market
Evans, Stephen – Learning and Work Institute, 2019
The Commission on Education and Employment Opportunities for Young People (Youth Commission) aims to find ways to improve education and employment opportunities for England's 16-24-year olds. The Commission's first report (see ED604277) identified five key challenges: (1) Better supporting 700,000 young people not in education, employment or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, Youth Opportunities
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Livingstone, D. W. – Journal of Education and Work, 2019
'Employers know that they can hire worldwide now … so, there is limitless supply of people … who can do the job … . they're all qualified, most of them are actually over-qualified … . I'm a wage slave basically, I don't think we have very much social status … . we are replaceable workers … I mean, the employer holds all the cards really. We are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Underemployment, Employment Patterns
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Livingstone, D. W.; Raykov, Milosh – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2017
This article summarizes the findings of a 2016 national survey of the formal schooling, further education, and job-related informal learning of the employed Canadian labour force and compares the results with those of prior national surveys conducted in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The major finding is an unprecedented growing gap between increasing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Adult Education, National Surveys
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2012
The main findings of Cedefop's latest skill demand and supply forecast for the European Union (EU) for 2010-20, indicate that although further economic troubles will affect the projected number of job opportunities, the major trends, including a shift to more skill-intensive jobs and more jobs in services, will continue. Between 2008 and 2010…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Demand Occupations, Employment Patterns
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Marks, Gary N. – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of university and vocational education, and other influences on a variety of labour market outcomes for Australian youths aged between 16 and 25. The six labour market outcomes investigated are: occupational status, hourly and weekly earnings, employment, unemployment and full-time work. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Universities, Vocational Education
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Smith, Emma – British Educational Research Journal, 2011
This paper considers gendered patterns of participation in post-compulsory STEM education. It examines the trajectory of learning that takes students from A-level qualifications, through undergraduate work and into employment or further study. It also uses a long-term view to look at the best available evidence to monitor participation and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Females, Employment Patterns, Engineering
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Helyer, Ruth; Lee, Dionne – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the issues around a multiple generational workforce and more specifically, the challenges and benefits for education providers and employers. Design/methodology/approach: Reviewing research papers, analysing academic texts, interrogating market intelligence and contextualising case studies, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Baby Boomers, Employment Patterns, Aging (Individuals)
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Roberts, Gerrylynn K.; Simmons, Anna E. – Annals of Science, 2009
This paper investigates the extent of overseas migration by British chemists over the period 1887-1971. Notwithstanding the "brain drain" alarms of the 1960s, overseas employment was characteristic of some 19% of British chemists' careers throughout our period, though its nature changed considerably. Our study examines the overseas…
Descriptors: Occupational Mobility, Overseas Employment, Open Universities, Foreign Countries
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Aamodt, Per Olaf; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Bielfeldt, Uta – Higher Education Policy, 2010
One of the aims of the implementation of a two-tier degree system was that the new Bachelor's degree should serve two functions: as a basis for further studies (Master's level), and at the same time to qualify for the labour market. This twofold function may be present to a different degree in various countries, but was an explicit policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Employment Patterns, Labor Market
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Davenport, Lizzie; Cronin, Blaise – Education for Information, 1988
Describes the reduced employment opportunities for library and information science professionals in the United Kingdom as a result of financial constraints and restructuring in the public and private sectors. The need to train students in skills required by employers to meet employment demands is discussed. (40 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
Cotton, Bernard E. – Training Officer, 1976
Describes the needs and method for a greater understanding and articulation between British business industrialists and postsecondary educators in terms of attracting college graduates that possess higher standards of education and training for entry job levels. (HD)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Educational Needs, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
Vitali, Laurence; Freiche, Jeanine; Matthews, Alison; Warmerdam, John – 1998
The impact of new technologies on occupational profiles in the banking sector was examined through case studies in four European countries: Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France. In each country, three types of banking institutions were studied: merchant (Eurobank); "counter" (universal) bank; and telebank (bank…
Descriptors: Banking, Business Education, Case Studies, Educational Needs
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