Function of labour market information and roles
The value of information on labour market and skills dynamics shows no signs of abating.
Everyone needs labour market information, but in differentiated formats and thematic coverage.
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Users |
Purposes |
Formats |
Sources and analyses / approaches |
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Learners |
Career management and planning Know education and training options, paths, comparative advantages Know about prospects of jobs, tasks, required skills and qualifications Know how to look for jobs |
Prospects of occupations: tasks, skills, qualifications, wages, outlook Outcomes of qualifications in the labour market Fine-grained overviews of education & training offer (LLL) Overviews on qualifications and certification offer Fine-grained and localised vacancy overviews |
Occupational profile Employers’ skills surveys Graduate tracking analyses National qualifications databases Skills anticipation by sectors, regions Skills Forecasts analyses
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Career information and guidance |
Counselling youth: students, graduates, NEETs, job seekers, young entrepreneurs Counselling population groups with specific aspirations and characteristics: highly talented youth, refugees, long-term unemployed, low educated persons, persons returning to activity, persons in disadvantaged regions. Advise, assist education and training providers Advise enterprises, social partners (human resources) |
Overviews / analysis of labour market outcomes of education (initial, continuing) Overview of skills mismatches Fine-grained overviews of education and training offer (LLL) Overviews on qualifications and certification offer Fine-grained and localised vacancy overviews Fine-grained analysis of skills by occupation: emerging, high-demand, obsolete Analyses of dynamics of skills and competences / occupations, sectors |
Statistical data Information from education and training institutions, certification bodies Big Data analysis Graduate tracking analyses Employers’ skills surveys Skills anticipation by sectors, regions Occupational profiles Skills Forecasts analyses National qualifications databases |
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Job centres (public, private) |
Matching job vacancies – candidates CVs Counselling job seekers on prospects of jobs Improve vacancy databases and administration Communication and promotion of own services Analysis, overviews, reports for policy institutions, wider public |
Statistical data Vacancies overviews Sector overviews Analyses of dynamics of skills and competences / occupations, sectors Labour market indicators: employment, unemployment, activity, inactivity (age, gender, regions, by levels of education Fine-grained overviews of offer of qualifications, education and training (LLL) |
Data: LFS, wages, vacancies, supply, employment, unemployment, education Online Job Vacancies Big Data analysis Regular statistics Skills Forecasts analyses Employers’ skills surveys Skills anticipation by sectors, regions National qualifications databases |
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Education and training institutions |
Planning and revision of offer of training (initial, continuing) Renewal of learning outcomes of curricula and qualification; standards of assessment Internal quality assurance: evidence on relevance and outcomes Information and orientation of students on future skills, jobs and careers Work-based learning, apprenticeships Communication and promotion of own services – attract learners, employers |
Occupational skills profiles Analyses of skills mismatch Analyses of dynamics of skills and competences / occupations, sectors, regions Overview of skills mismatches Overviews of skills supply Overviews occupational demand Fine-grained overviews of education and training offer (LLL) Fine-grained analysis of skills by occupation: emerging, high-demand, obsolete |
Statistical data: education, employment, labour market indicators Graduate tracking analyses Fine-grained skills anticipation by sectors, regions National qualifications databases
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Sector and professional organisations, employers |
Sector development analysis and projections (growth, innovation, technology, greening, impact of automation) Analysis and projection skills needs and imbalances Sector plans / programmes for skills development Development of sector qualifications / qualifications frameworks |
Macro and sector forecasts Fine-grained analysis of skills by occupation: emerging, high-demand, obsolete Analyses of dynamics of skills and competences / occupations, sectors Overviews on qualifications and certification offer |
Regular statistics Big Data – occupations and skills analysis Skills Forecasts analyses Employers’ skills surveys Demand and supply projections by sectors, regions National qualifications databases |
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Policy institutions |
Design, review policies and strategies Decions on investments and public expenditure on social, innovation, economic policies Legislation Institutional reforms Strengthen social dialogue |
Analysis and projection skills needs and imbalances Regional, sectoral analyses: demand, supply, imbalances Overviews – quantitative, qualitative Policy recommendations |
Indicators Short and medium-term skills forecasts
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It is worth recalling the concept of ETF Position Paper (2012) on the functions of skills anticipation and matching.
- For end-users (learners, employers, intermediary agencies, counsellors) the outcomes of function 2 (dissemination of insights from analysis) is of direct importance.
- For policy makers and education and training managers – the results of function 3 are the most strategic.
- The interdependence of the three functions is critical: a failing function 1 (data collection and analysis) compromises both the availability of reliable information and guidance for end-users, as well as well-grounded policy recommendations for action. In such circumstances the skills ecosystem fails or is hampered.
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