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Zineb Draissi; Yu Rong – SAGE Open, 2023
This study aimed to comprehend the patterns and scope of the education mismatch in the Moroccan labor market by collecting and analyzing an extensive database of the types of skills that fuel economic expansion and growth. A self-assessment approach was used to determine the extent of mismatch in Morocco by adopting the World Bank's Skills Toward…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Urban Areas
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Altun, Sadegul Akbaba; Buyukozturk, Sener; Seheryeli, Merve Yildirim – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2021
This study aims to develop a scale that will determine the factors causing professional obsolescence in the field of education. In this context, the Professional Obsolescence Scale (POS) has been developed to determine the professional and organizational obsolescence of primary, secondary and high school administrators. In this scale development…
Descriptors: Skill Obsolescence, Job Skills, Professional Development, Organizational Climate
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Chuang, Szufang – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on issues regarding the influence of skill-polarized workplace on jobs, human capital and organization from human resource development's (HRD's) perspective, this research identified 30 displaceable skills from endangered jobs and examined 423 adult employees' awareness and…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Robotics, Adults, Employees
European Training Foundation, 2020
In November 2018 the European Training Foundation (ETF) launched an international reflection to investigate how global trends impact developing and transition economies and to discuss what actions need to be taken to prepare people for a changing world and manage their transitions towards uncertain futures. This study on the future of skills in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations, Technology, Job Skills
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Johnson Morgan, Melissa; Finkelstein, Joanne – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2017
Getting a good and relevant education is difficult enough to achieve within a context where social and economic needs are constantly unsettled by political policy. The public funding of the education sector has become a contested arena irrespective of a government's ideology. Recent graduates from various disciplines from Town Planning to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Education Work Relationship, Student Educational Objectives
Weise, Michelle R. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2016
The debates between vocational/technical training and education are getting old. On one side, we have academics arguing for the timelessness of an education--learning that is not specifically tailored toward work or "the what." On the other side, there are employers retreating more and more from training candidates--and blaming…
Descriptors: Minimum Competencies, Skill Development, Job Skills, Skill Obsolescence
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Støren, Liv Anne; Arnesen, Clara Åse – Quality in Higher Education, 2016
This paper examines the factors that may have impact on the extent to which the knowledge and skills of master's degree graduates in Norway are utilised at work, three years after graduation. The focus is on the impact of the quality of the study programme as well as the graduates' fields of study, when also taking into account other factors…
Descriptors: Skill Analysis, Job Skills, Masters Degrees, Graduate Surveys
Pew Research Center, 2016
Tectonic changes are reshaping U.S. workplaces as the economy moves deeper into the knowledge-focused age. These changes are affecting the very nature of jobs by rewarding social, communications and analytical skills. They are prodding many workers to think about lifetime commitments to retraining and upgrading their skills. And they may be…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Economic Change, Economic Impact, Educational Needs
Hora, Matthew T.; Benbow, Ross J.; Oleson, Amanda K. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2016
The idea of a skills gap suggests that employers have jobs available but cannot find skilled applicants because higher education is poorly aligned with workforce needs. This idea is shaping higher education and workforce development policy at the national and state levels, yet limited research exists on the experiences of employers and educators…
Descriptors: School Support, Achievement Gap, Education Work Relationship, Cultural Capital