Dans le prolongement de l’étude Ececli, le réseau TEE Ile-de-France, avec l’appui de Défi métiers, met en évidence la nécessité pour les ingénieurs écologues d’acquérir des compétences complémentaires. Voir l'article...
17 avril 2016
16 avril 2016
ESU responds to the Skills Agenda consultation paper
Download here ESU's response to the Skills Agenda consultation paper(s) sent to the EQF AG (DG EMPL) and the BFUG (DG EAC).
ESU emphasizes that employability is a broad concept which includes subject-specific, methodological, social and individual competences which enable graduates to successfully take up and pursue a profession/employment and empower their lifelong-learning. Employability is also about making graduates more likely to gain employment in their chosen field(s), being able to create/start new businesses, and being able to develop and succeed in their occupations. More...
15 avril 2016
A New Initiative: Adapting to Changing Skills Needs
By . To launch this project, the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs is hosting a meeting of experts from several countries and fields of expertise today to explore novel ways to measure skill needs. Participants include representatives from national governments (the United Kingdom’s Migration Advisory Committee, the French Ministry of Employment, the Bank of Spain and South Africa’s Department of Higher Education and Training), academics (Oxford Economics, the University of Amsterdam – Amsterdam Business School) and experts from the private sector (Burning Glass, a U.S. firm that collects job market data in real time). More...
15 avril 2016
What skills do employers want?
By . Previous discussions on skills mismatch or the future of work highlight the importance of skill demand to develop skill policies and an efficient linkage between skill development and skill use. Skills demanded at work can be grouped in four broad categories: basic information-processing skills, advanced cognitive skills, technical job-specific skills and socio-emotional skills. More...
15 avril 2016
Measuring skills shortages in real time
By . The past decades have seen important shifts in the skills required by employers and the labour market. These shifts have been brought about by what have become known as the “mega trends”: changes in the global division of labour and a growing dependence of domestic jobs on economic globalisation; changes in the way firms are organised; demographic change. More...
13 avril 2016
Mutations industrielles et évolutions des compétences
Le système de formation doit être repensé. Les savoirs nécessaires ne pourront plus être enseignés uniquement à l'école, mais s'acquerront surtout avec l'expérience. Il faut donc former des personnes capables de s’adapter en permanence. Cela exige de mettre en place une gestion active des reconversions pour les salariés qui seront contraints de se réorienter. Des "passerelles métiers" entre les filières aéronautique et automobile ont déjà été mises en place. Voir l'article...
13 avril 2016
EUA responds to EC consultation on New Skills Agenda
The five-page paper, which has a strong focus on low achievers and entry into the labour market, suggests policies and measures to ensure “higher” skills for all. The paper also proposes to assess and, if necessary, redefine goals and features of European instruments, such as the EUROPASS, ESCO and the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong learning (EQF). More...
12 avril 2016
#ESJsurvey insights - Skills development in organisations offering varied learning opportunities
Skills formation plays a key role in the European growth strategy. Skills, however, take time to develop. They require workplaces affording learning opportunities and workers readily capitalising on those available. More...
5 avril 2016
Cedefop : Skills Panorama
Le Cedefop introduit dans sa publication "Skills Panorama" une nouvelle section sur l’adéquation des compétences et des emplois. Il propose une série d’indicateurs sur les compétences et l’inadéquation du marché du travail. Voir l'article...
3 avril 2016
Hard thinking on soft skills
By Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst. The nation’s PK-12 education ecosystem is poised to embrace programs intended to enhance soft skills. Soft skills are generally defined by exclusion as personal qualities other than the formal knowledge transmitted by schools that affect student adjustment, i.e., the effort that students put into their work and their social skills. More...
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