Download or read book The Right Skills for the Job written by Rita Almeida and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the question of how to build and upgrade job relevant skills. Specifically, the authors focus on three types of training programs relevant for individuals who are leaving formal general schooling or are already in the labor market: pre-employment technical and vocational education and training (TVET); on-the-job training (OJT); and training-related active labor market programs (ALMPs). ALMPs are usually of shorter duration and target individuals who are seeking a second chance and who do not have access to TVET or OJT; these are often low-skilled unemployed or informal workers. Contrary to training-related ALMPs, pre-employment TVET is usually offered within the formal schooling track and tends to be administered by the ministries of education. The book discusses the main justifications for these programs and how they relate to market failures that can lead to underinvestment in training and misalignment between supply and demand for skills. Unfortunately, governments are also prone to failure and many of the programs that countries have adopted today are part of the problem and not the solution. This book proposes options to improve the design and implementation of current skills development systems. Clearly, the authors cannot cover all issues in detail. Training methods among TVET, OJT, and ALMP programs are quite different, ranging from classroom instruction, laboratory research, TVET workshops, and apprenticeship arrangements and internships in firms. All have different challenges and specificities. The report highlights the most important design features of the different programs and points to the main knowledge gaps and areas for future research and analysis. The book is organized into five chapters. Following this overview, chapter two introduces the policy framework that guides the analysis in the book. This framework describes the main market and government failures that require attention and identifies potential interventions to address them. Chapter's three to five then discuss the main challenges facing, respectively, TVET, OJT, and training-related ALMP programs and outlines recommendations to address them. The rest of this overview summarizes the main messages from each of the chapters and in the last section outlines the main knowledge gaps and proposes an agenda for future research and policy analysis.
Download or read book Vocational Training and the Labour Market written by Asian and Pacific Skill Development Programme and published by Bangkok : ILO, Asian and Pacific Skill Development Programme. This book was released on 1992 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vocational Training and the Labour Market written by Asian and Pacific Skill Development Programme and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1992 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training Learning for Jobs written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An OECD study of vocational education and training designed to help countries make their systems more responsive to labour market needs. It expands the evidence base, identifies a set of policy options and develops tools to appraise VET policy initiatives.
Download or read book Vocational Education and Training and the Labour Market written by Alexander Schnarr and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jobs and Training in the 1980s written by P.B. Doeringer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1979, I wrote to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation seeking sup port for the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies to embark on a policy oriented program in vocational education. The reason for the request, which was generously granted by the foundation, was stated as follows: The federal program on vocational education dates from World War I. Impor tant changes were made in later legislation in 1963 and 1976, affecting the pro grams conducted by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The recently enacted Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) of the Department of Labor has brought large federal support to efforts to reduce unemployment, especially for youth, by providing preparatory training. It may be an understatement to report that the programs of these two government departments have lacked adequate coordination in Washington or in the field. Certainly there is a long way to go in improving both policy and program, and an opportunity presents itself in preparing the policies to be proposed to the Con gress when the vocational education program next comes up for reconsideration in 1980 and 1981. Responsibility for preparing the administration's position and recom mendations lies with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of HEW, Michael O'Keefe.
Download or read book Vocational Education and Training in Times of Economic Crisis written by Matthias Pilz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a broad range of approaches and methodologies relevant to international comparative vocational education and training (VET). Revealing how youth in transition is affected by economic crises, it provides essential insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the various systems and prospects of VET in contexts ranging from North America to Europe, (e.g. Spain, Germany or the UK) to Asia (such as China, Thailand and India). Though each country examined in this volume is affected by the economic crisis in a different way, the effects are especially apparent for the young generation. In many countries the youth unemployment rate is still very high and the job perspectives for young people are often limited at best. The contributions in this volume demonstrate that VET alone cannot solve these problems, but can be used to support a smooth transition from school to work. If the quality of VET is high and the status and job expectations are good, VET can help to fill the skills gap, especially at the intermediate skill level. Furthermore, VET can also offer a realistic alternative to the university track for young people in many countries.
Download or read book Vocational Training written by Gerhard Bosch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decade has given rise to a strong public discourse in most highly industrialized economies about the importance of a skilled workforce as a key response to the competitive dynamic fostered by economic globalisation. The challenge for different training regimes is twofold: attracting young people into the vocational training system while continuing to train workers already in employment. Yet, on the whole, most countries and their training systems have failed to reach those goals. How can we explain this contradiction? Why is vocational training seen to be an "old" institution? Why does vocational training not seem to be easily adapted to the realities of the 21st century? This book seeks to respond to these important questions. It does so through an in-depth comparative analysis of the vocational training systems in ten different countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, the United Kingdom and the USA.
Download or read book Vocational Training and the Labour Market written by Asian and Pacific Skill Development Programme and published by Bangkok : ILO, Asian and Pacific Skill Development Programme. This book was released on 1992 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Skill Needs written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains workshop papers which discuss the link between the labor market and vocational training. Part I provides an overview of the workshop--its objectives, issues, and conclusions. Part II consists of seven country papers. "Labour Market Information (LMI) and Vocational Training Decision-Making in Hungary" (Lazar) outlines types of LMI to help vocational education and training (VET) planning and problems concerning LMI and its use for VET decision-making. "Labour Market Needs in Adult Training Programmes in Hungary" (Fodor) discusses the labor market training system and developing company-specific training programs. "Regional Employment and Training Observatory in France" (Guegnard, Perrier-Cornet) focuses on the observatory in Burgundy, an inter-institutional network. "New Methods for Linking VET with the Labour Market in Poland: The Results of a Pilot Application" (Kabaj) focuses on two methods: monitoring of shortage and surplus occupations and tripartite training agreements. "The Future of Skills and Work: Trends and Forecasts in Germany" (Tessaring) concludes that structural change in industry and society is accompanied by a major increase in the qualification requirements of the workforce. "Challenges of Incorporating Labour Market Requirements in the Vocational Training System: Slovenia" (Kramberger) provides a summary of broader processes that influence reform attempts to improve the VET system. "Linking Labour Market Analysis and Vocational Training in the United Kingdom" (Edgell) covers the sort of analysis undertaken at the national level. Part III has four discussion papers. "The Identification of Relevant LMI for VET" (Meijers) elaborates on the need for LMI in an industrial society and describes a new qualification model. "Labour Market Forecasts on Behalf of the VET System" (de Grip) focuses on the kind of LMI required to improve the transparency of the labor market and reestablish coordination between the labor market and VET system in the former centrally planned economies of Central and Eastern Europe. "Qualitative Information for Curriculum Development" (Dybowski) discusses ways to ensure that curricula remain up-to-date. "Linking Labour Market Analysis to Vocational Training Decision-Making: Dynamics and Mechanisms" (Mozdzenska-Mrozek) presents emerging links between VET and the labor market, institutions collecting and shaping information on the labor market situation in Poland, and VET reform in Poland. Contributor notes are appended. (YLB)
Download or read book Promotion of Cooperation Amongst Research and Development Organizations in the Field of Vocational Training written by European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and published by Berlin : CEDEFOP, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training. This book was released on 1987 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven working papers are provided from a meeting to enable national training research and development organizations to present their current and future research and development priorities and exchange information and experience on projects of mutual concern. They cover a wide range of subjects in 11 of the 12 European Community Member States, but all the programs include work on changing qualification profiles needed to work effectively with new technologies. The papers include: "Summary of Major Research and Development Projects--AnCo (the Industrial Training Authority)--Ireland"; "Training Research Projects--The Centre for Studies and Research on Qualifications--France"; "Government Sponsored Research and Development on Vocational Training and New Technology--United Kingdom";"Work Results of the Federal Institute for Vocational Training--Federal Republic of Germany"; "Development of Research in the Field of Vocational Training--French- and German-Speaking Community, Onem, Belgium"; "Vocational Training by the National Manpower Service--Flemish Community, RVA, Belgium"; "Outline for Action in 1986--Institute for the Promotion of Workers' Vocational Training (ISFOL)--Italy"; "Summary Progress Report on the Training Research Programmes in Greece"; "Research Methods for the Investigation of Problems in the Linkage with the Labour Market in the Netherlands--University of Utrecht and PCBB"; "Vocational Training in Spain"; and "Development of Vocational Training in Small and Medium Craft Enterprises in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg." (YLB)
Download or read book Studies on Continuing Vocational Training in Germany written by Anja Kuckulenz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-28 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of continuing vocational training in Germany. Specific issues concerning continuing training that are debated in academia as well as in public are discussed. Wage and productivity effects of training are analyzed, explicitly accounting for the heterogeneity of training participants. In addition, evidence is given on whether positive externalities of continuing training exist.
Download or read book Equal Opportunities and Vocational Training written by Barbara Hegelheimer and published by Berlin : European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training. This book was released on 1982 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report on a survey of employment policy measures for the promotion of equal opportunity as regards vocational training for women in Germany, Federal Republic - describes the present structure of training and education of women and includes a summary and evaluation of pilot projects, regional level schemes and training courses for young workers and for women who return to work. Questionnaires.
Download or read book Training for Employment in Western Europe and the United States written by J. R. Shackleton and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing international competition has put improvements in vocational training at the top of many nations' political agendas. This important book explores the economic analysis of training and relates it to the differing systems found in Western Europe and the United States. After an examination of the theoretical basis for increased emphasis on training the authors present a comparative analysis of the different systems employed in Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. A number of common issues and problems are discussed, such as the relationship between schooling and training, the role of continuing training, retraining for the unemployed, and the position of women and disadvantaged groups in the labour market. A central theme is the differing policies pursued by governments. While recognizing the common concern with potential market failure in training, the authors also draw attention to the poor record of government-funded training in practice and to the dangers of excessive intervention as a result of pressure group activity. Although primarily aimed at students and teachers of economics, business studies and industrial relations, Training for Employment in Western Europe and the United States will be of interest to practitioners and all those concerned with policy issues arising in the training field.
Download or read book Knowledge Skills and Competence in the European Labour Market written by Michaela Brockmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-05-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the free movement of labour across the European Union, establishing transparency and comparability of qualifications across member states is vital. This book examines how qualifications, knowledge, skills and competences are understood in different national contexts and trans-nationally and reveals a complex picture of differences and similarities both within and between countries. Against the background of EU policy initiatives, and in particular the European Qualifications Framework, an important focus is on the prospects and difficulties of establishing cross-national recognition of qualifications. Drawing on case studies of particular sectors and occupations in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands, this insightful book, written by leading academics in the field, will be a vital resource for students and researchers involved with vocational education and training, continuing professional development, human resource management and European Union policy.
Download or read book Training the East German Labour Force written by Michael Lechner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After unification large amounts of money were spent to retrain the East Germany labour force in order to ease the transition to the new market economy. This book uses microeconometric methods and individual data to evaluate the impact of these training programmes on the participants' labour market situation. It discusses the appropriate evaluation methodology as well as the effectiveness of the actual programmes for the individual participants. The empirical results suggest that the public sector sponsored training programmes were fairly ineffective. In contrast, the training organized and paid by the enterprises caused considerable earnings growings.
Download or read book Learning for Employment written by Steve Bainbridge and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report considers developments in vocational education and training policy in Europe since the first Cedefop report (ISBN 9282880516), published in January 2000. Issues discussed include: the growth of the knowledge economy, ICT and lifelong learning programmes, moves towards greater European co-operation with the Bruges-Copenhagen process, the impact of EU enlargement, increasing participation levels in the sector, equal opportunities and social inclusion, reducing the skills gap, and future challenges involved in learning for employment.
