Low employment in the Danish labour market has continued — especially regarding the highly -
skilled labour market.
However, in large parts of
the skilled labour market shortages remain.
Together, they give a comprehensive picture of demand and supply conditions in each country's
skilled labour market, reflecting the experiences of the people on both sides of hiring tables in North America, Europe and the Middle East, and Asia.
Read the Hays Global Skills Index 2016 — a new report into the challenges being faced by employers in
the skilled labour market.
The Hays Global Skills Index explores the key dynamics of the world's
skilled labour market to equip you with the data you need to make more informed staffing decisions.
In this year's Hays Global Skills Index,
skilled labour market conditions have eased slightly relative to last year.
Businesses in
the skilled labour market should benefit from improving education flexibility, with a growing number of graduates in the recruitment pool.
The Hays Global Skills Index, a statistical - based study assessing the dynamics of
skilled labour markets across key countries, looks at seven indicators when calculating the overall index score for each country.
Each year, our analysis of
skilled labour markets incorporates the views of our in - country experts, considers the latest labour market statistics across 33 countries, and includes research about the overarching skilled labour market issues that span the continents.
The Hays Global Skills Index highlights a major paradox in the world's
skilled labour markets.
Digitalisation, which includes big data, artificial intelligence, the internet of things and online platforms, is having a profound effect on
skilled labour markets around the world.12 The trend towards a more digital economy is raising questions about who will do the work of tomorrow, what that work will look like and how many jobs will change or disappear.
For these reasons, Hays continues to monitor developments in
skilled labour markets in which it operates.
There are no easy answers to fixing today's problems in the world's
skilled labour markets.
Not exact matches
Further, in an era of constant fretting about the mismatch of
skills and opportunities in our
labour market, it is unhelpful to create the perception of long - term job prospects in sectors where they simply aren't plentiful.
From the United States to Singapore, Germany to Kuwait, there are ample precedents to show how a large influx of low -
skill, temporary workers can warp an entire country's
labour market.
The oil
market is really multiple sub-markets for crude, fuels, refining, services, engineering, construction, drilling,
skilled labour, steel, raw materials etc..
While the federal immigration system has been criticized for putting emphasis on post-secondary education when judging candidates as economic immigrants, Manitoba has designed its nominee program to focus on
skill shortages in its own
labour market.
Cyclical unemployment left untreated, as Yellen and Bernanke very well know, can turn into so - called structural unemployment, as the long - term jobless see their
skills deteriorate and become obsolete or lose touch with the professional networks of colleagues that could help them re-enter the
labour market.
Her view, as she articulated in a speech to the AFL - CIO labor union in February, is that the spike in unemployment that followed the Great Recession was largely the result of the economic downturn, and not of a
skills mismatch problem in the
labour market, as some have suggested.
Further to the issue of
skills shortages, the government has announced the re-allocation of $ 4 million for a «
labour market information portal» and another $ 7 million to «support the relocation of youth and immigrants to areas where job opportunities exist.»
It's necessary that an «informed national discussion» take place about the condition of Canada's
labour market, in order to address future
skills gaps, Kenney said.
Candidates for Canadian immigration who have at least one year of
skilled work experience are deemed more likely to be able to assimilate into the Canadian
labour market.
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$ 2.7 billion over six years for
labour market transfer agreements with the provinces and territories to modernize training and job supports, to help those looking for work to upgrade
skills, gain experience, start a business or get employment counselling.
Even with the right
skills and knowledge, many immigrants face difficulties entering the Canadian
labour market.
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If those workers could apply their
skills elsewhere, these job losses would be no different than the kind of churn we experience in the
labour market each month.
Unfortunately for the Japanese
labour markets, as with many other countries, many young intellectuals seek further study elsewhere in countries like the UK that have renowned Universities and research facilities, taking a large portion of the
skilled labour force the Japanese
markets need, into other areas of work such as research and academia, a less hands on field that benefits the computer science industry on the whole but does not help specific firms achieve their targets directly.
The report,
Labour Market Information: An Essential Part of Canada's Skills Agenda, is being published today in advance of a meeting of provincial, territorial and federal labour ministers on Ju
Labour Market Information: An Essential Part of Canada's
Skills Agenda, is being published today in advance of a meeting of provincial, territorial and federal
labour ministers on Ju
labour ministers on June 22.
There is a small amount of evidence that the strength of the
labour market may be generating
skills shortages in some areas.
This is consistent with the recent strength in the
labour market and with liaison, where reports of
skill shortages remain widespread.
The strength in the
labour market is also apparent in liaison reports, which indicate strong demand for
labour and shortages of
skilled workers in a range of industries and sectors, from construction and engineering to accounting and information technology.
In the face of a tightening
labour market, we commend the Government for taking efforts to promote the
skilled trades and developing under - leveraged parts of the workforce, which the 2016 Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard identified as key steps in growing our economy.
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skill shortages.
I do think that we face some
skills shortages down the road which create lots of opportunities for active
labour market policy to be more effective.
It may be that the damage this recession did to the
labour market — the loss of
skills and the mismatch between industries where workers have experience and those where there are vacancies — is being expressed not in the form of long - term unemployment but as lasting low pay.
Tellingly, unemployment appears to have been limited by measures favoured by left and right: a flexible
labour market and a tailored benefit system which kept people
skilled and in contact with recruiters after they lost their job.
As well as a loss of confidence and self - esteem, disconnection from the
labour market and loss of
skills, there are deeper issues such as mental health problems, debt, family difficulties and, in some cases, drug and alcohol addiction that must be taken into account.
Economists distinguish a number of types of unemployment, however: cyclical unemployment is brought about by the vagaries of the business cycle; structural unemployment is brought about by changes in the economy or the
labour market, when the jobs available do not fit the workforce's
skills; frictional unemployment is the phenomenon of people being «between jobs»; and seasonal unemployment is linked to certain types of seasonal jobs, such as farm work and construction.
Deindustrialisation and
labour market reforms may have increased
labour market flexibility and the responsiveness of the
labour market, but has this been at the expense of the retention of vital occupational
skills?
«Last week we announced our intention to limit access our
labour market for Bulgaria and Romania when they join the EU in January next year and work is under way to introduce a points system to ensure that only people with the
skills we need from outside the EU can come to this country.»
That is why it has taken a more gradual approach to opening the UK's
labour market to people from Bulgaria and Romania by maintaining restrictions and introducing quotas on low
skilled jobs.»
Social
skills matter much more than before, especially given the changing
labour market and more jobs appearing in white collar work.
As the UK's leading source of
labour market intelligence and insight, the
Skills for Business network are an authority on skills issues, helping to shape public policy and pra
Skills for Business network are an authority on
skills issues, helping to shape public policy and pra
skills issues, helping to shape public policy and practice.
We are also a partner in ConstructionSkills, the Sector
Skills Council (SSC) for the UK construction industry, and we are raising employer engagement in training, providing labour market insights on future skills needs and developing standards and qualifications for the s
Skills Council (SSC) for the UK construction industry, and we are raising employer engagement in training, providing
labour market insights on future
skills needs and developing standards and qualifications for the s
skills needs and developing standards and qualifications for the sector.
Buhari said the programme has also helped in promoting the spirit of self - dependence and self - reliance among Nigerian youth through which the beneficiaries would be exposed to technical
skills, innovative
skills and employable qualities needed in the
labour market.
Speaking to The Andrew Marr Show, Mr Farage argued that the UK
labour market was distorted because of «a mass oversupply of unskilled, semi-
skilled and, in some cases,
skilled labour».
«The government is failing to address the exploitation of low -
skilled immigration in the
labour market.