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Hod Anyigba; Alexander Preko; William Kwesi Senayah – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: This study is to examine and develop sector skills strategies and action plans for the textile and apparel (T&A) sector. Design/methodology/approach: The paper used a participatory action qualitative method anchored on the Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) framework, utilising the workshop-based approach with 24 key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Clothing, Labor Supply, Job Skills
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
Suleman, Fátima; Videira, Pedro; Rodrigues Araújo, Emília – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2023
This research examines regional skill problems and the strategies adopted to reduce skill shortages by a set of employers (n = 16). The data collected in 2019 in a northern region in Portugal indicate considerable and persistent shortages of engineering and IT graduates and non-graduates for operational jobs. The employers implement anticipative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Vocational Education, Labor Needs
Anne Wicks; Amanda Wirtz – George W. Bush Institute, 2024
Texas depends on a talented workforce to fuel its economy, and Texans depend on our public education system to prepare them for the jobs of today and tomorrow. But unfortunately, workforce and public education systems often operate independently, making innovation and improvement difficult. Between now and 2036, over 70% of the jobs in Texas will…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Public Education, State Agencies, Labor Force
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2023
"The Improving the Pipeline for Tennessee's Workforce: Academic Supply for Occupational Demand Report" is the second joint report between the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD), Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD), and Tennessee…
Descriptors: Labor Force, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs, Job Training
Katarina Švab; Polona Vilar; Tjaša Jug – Education for Information, 2023
Intellectual property includes not only copyright but also industrial property (IP), which consists of inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs and models, and designations of origin. In order to identify the importance of these competencies of non-lawyers, e.g. engineers, managers, in companies, an online survey was conducted in some…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Labor Needs, Intellectual Property
Stelina Chatzichristou; Vlasis Korovilos; Jasper van Loo – UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2025
This publication is the fourth in a series of practical Cedefop skills anticipation guides for policymakers, analysts, and expert professionals. The three previous guides presented a rich mosaic of conventional and emerging methods for identifying technological change and its impact on skills. They assessed the merits and challenges of using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Labor Market, Job Skills
Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda; Taylor, Roderick – National Skills Coalition, 2023
Even before the coronavirus pandemic began, policymakers, businesses, and workforce advocates were already recognizing that workers were not being replaced by robots, but rather, being called upon to work hand-in-glove with rapidly evolving technology. When the pandemic struck, millions of U.S. companies hustled to change how they did business.…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, 21st Century Skills, Labor Market, Labor Needs
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2022
This study examines the role of microcredentials in supporting learning for employment. The study collected information through an online survey among mostly European VET providers, national authorities, employee and employer organisations, in-depth country case studies and interviews, as well as Cedefop's ReferNet network. While the topic has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Microcredentials, Vocational Education, Career Readiness
Vinton, Justin; Van Noy, Michelle; Haviland, Sara; Blondin, Jo – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
This chapter describes how Clark State Community College used its TAACCCT grant in manufacturing to help drive organizational changes in the college to better serve local workforce needs.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Grants, Adult Education, Job Training
Wotschack, Philip – International Journal of Training and Development, 2020
This article investigates the role of 'voice', technology, innovation (of products, services, or processes) and labor shortages in the training participation of low skilled workers in German companies. By building on the key findings of previous research, hypotheses on drivers of training participation are derived from filter theory and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Training, Job Skills, Unskilled Workers
Andersson, Per; Muhrman, Karolina – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2022
Context: This study is about vocational education and training for adults within municipal adult education (MAE). Sweden has a long tradition of adult education, and has one of the world's highest proportions of participants in adult education. The Swedish education system is characterised by extensive marketisation with many private actors,…
Descriptors: Marketing, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Municipalities
Smolarek, Bailey B.; Scrivener, Luke – Journal of Education Policy, 2021
Over the past 35 years, a range of 'new' policy actors and networks has emerged from the private sector under the rationale of efficient, free-market alternatives to traditional public policymakers. Under a critical policy studies framework, this paper uses discourse analysis and interviews with key stakeholders to examine how one regional…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Discourse Analysis, Policy Analysis
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2023
This study examines the emerging relationship between microcredentials and qualification systems. Information gathered through an online survey among European VET providers, national authorities, employee and employer organisations was complemented by in-depth country case studies and interviews with Cedefop's ReferNet network. Questions of…
Descriptors: Credentials, Labor Market, Work Experience, Correlation
Lisa Sedlock – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Federal health agencies are facing multiple vacancies and governance challenges due to their aging workforce, additional needs due to COVID-19, remote work opportunities, and decades-long mandates for reforming the Federal recruitment and hiring process. Training curriculum is often planned to be responsive to job-related competencies and current…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Health Services, Needs Assessment, Job Training