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There are currently a number of inter-linked challenges affecting the functioning of labour markets across Europe and which are resulting in significant labour and skills shortages. These include demographic change; high rates of inactivity; and relatively low levels of intra-EU mobility.
1 maj 2016 · Using one of the few linked employer–employee surveys in the world, the 2006 Irish National Employment Survey, this article identifies the key factors determining the correct identification of...
29 cze 2023 · Common employee skills gaps include hard skills (like technical know-how) and soft skills (like active listening). The Association for Talent Development surveyed 316 organizations to create its 2022 Skills Gap Report.
1 kwi 2021 · We discuss measurement issues and how skill shortages and mismatch vary both with the business cycle and with structural factors.
from the OECD and the ILO explores programme examples which aim to promote a higher level of skills use in the workplace. The examples highlight why there is a need to build policy coherence across employment, skills, economic development and innovation policies. It also highlights the need to ensure that the issue of skills utilisation is ...
There is strong evidence of a skills gap, both viewed from the employer and from the workers’ side. Is there a skills gap? Yes: a significant share of firms report that they do want to hire, but have difficulties in finding workers with the adequate level of skills.
Using one of the few linked employer-employee surveys in the world, the 2006 Irish National Employment Survey, this paper identifies the key factors determining the correct identification of skill gaps within firms. The impact of skill gaps on average training expenditures and labour costs is also measured.
