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Employability:The Employers’ Perspective and its Implications
David Coyne, Director, European Social Fund,European Commission6 November 2008
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Student numbers 1975
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
ATBEBGCYCZDKEEFI
FRDEELHUIEIT
LVLTLUMTNLPLPTROSKSI
ESSEUK
Student numbers 1975: 000s 15-year olds 1975: 000s
77%
155%82%
86%80%
50%36%
91%116%
18%9%
95%125%
105%77%
76%
77%
144%129%
139%123%
144%69%
93%101%
73%
4%
EU-27:Student numbers 1975 : 7 046 00015-year olds : 7 522 000 Proportion: 94%
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0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
ATBEBGCYCZDKEEFI
FRDEELHUIEIT
LVLTLUMTNLPLPTROSKSI
ESSEUK
Student numbers 2006: 000s 15-year olds 2006: 000s
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Student numbers 2006
266%313%
253%206%
261%357%
359%475%
303%275%
634%345%
351%360%
374%
355%67%
188%291%
391%
316%303%
250%
522%452%
341%289%
EU27:Student numbers 2006: 18 747 00015-year olds 2006: 5 691 000Proportion: 329%
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Student numbers 2006/1975
0,00 1,00 2,00 3,00 4,00 5,00 6,00 7,00 8,00
ATBEBGCZDKEEFI
FRDEELHUIEIT
LVLTLUMTNLPLPTROSKSI
ESSEUK
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Multiplier
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Employability
Components of Employability
Assets: skills and knowledge, personal and social skills
Marketing and Deployment Skills: managing your career and transitions
Presentation: getting the job
Context
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The Medium-Term Future
Globalisation is likely to continue …
More trade in goods and services Greater movement of people Technological and knowledge diffusion Integrated financial flows
… though perhaps more slowly
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The Medium-Term Future: demographic change
By 2020 …
decrease of working age population > 10% in many regions of new MS, DE, FR
declines up to 30% in some of them
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The Medium-Term Future: employment rates
By 2020 …
employment rate increase to 70% by 2020
but employment rate < 55% in some regions in FR, HU, IT & RO
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The Medium-Term Future: skills forecasts - EU
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Total requirement Replacement demand Expansion demand
Demand by occupation, broad groups (change in millions) 2006-15, EU-25, Norway & Switzerland
Legislators, senior officials& managers
Professionals
Technicians & associates professionals
Clerks
Service workers & shop & market sales workers
Skilled agricultural & fishery workers
Craft & related traders workers
Plant & machine operators & assemblers
Elementary occupations
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The Medium-Term Future: skills forecasts - US
The 10 US industries with the largest wage/salary and employment growth 2006-16
Industry Employment Change
2006 2016 Percent
- Management, scientific, and technical consulting services- Employment services- General medical and surgical hospitals, public and private - Elementary and secondary schools, public and private- Local government, excluding education and hospitals - Offices of physicians - Limited-service eating places - Colleges, universities, and professional schools, public and private- Computer systems design and related services- Home health care services
921
3,657 4,988
8,346
5,594 2,154 4,019 3,434
1,278 867
1,639
4,348 5,679
8,983
6,206 2,687 4,548
3,933
1,768 1,348
77.9
18.913.9
7.6
10.924.813.214.5
38.355.4
Source: US Bureau of Labour Statistics
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What do students study?
Graduate distribution 2004
A: Education; B: Humanities & Arts; C: Social Sciences, business & law; D: Science, maths & computing; E: Engineering, manufacturing & construction; F: Agriculture &
veterinary; G: Health & Social Welfare; H: Services
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Conclusion
• Students: think about what you can offer before you choose a course!
• Universities: think about what jobs your students can get if they follow your courses
• Governments : how does the student subject profile match your current and future needs?
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Thank you very much!