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Bruckmayer, Michaela; Hofman, Joanna; Feyerabend, Katrin – RAND Europe, 2022
This study focused on people in Frankfurt with low qualifications, meaning those with at most a lower secondary qualification who experience a high risk of poverty and social exclusion, and explored green job opportunities that exist for them, including those that would require reskilling (training to obtain different skills) or upskilling…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications, Employment Opportunities, Sustainable Development
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Larmour, Simon; Bruckmayer, Michaela; Hughes, Megan; Hofman, Joanna – RAND Europe, 2022
This study focused on people in Dorset and Somerset with low qualifications, meaning those with at most a lower secondary qualification who experience a high risk of poverty and social exclusion, and explored green job opportunities that exist for them, including those that would require reskilling (training to obtain different skills) or…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications, Employment Opportunities, Sustainable Development
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Bruckmayer, Michaela; Hofman, Joanna; Feyerabend, Katrin – RAND Europe, 2022
This study focused on people in Berlin with low qualifications, meaning those with at most a lower secondary qualification who experience a high risk of poverty and social exclusion, and explored green job opportunities that exist for them, including those that would require reskilling (training to obtain different skills) or upskilling (training…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications, Employment Opportunities, Sustainable Development
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Lymperis, Lydia; Bruckmayer, Michaela; Hofman, Joanna; Cole, Sam – RAND Europe, 2022
This study focused on people in Edinburgh with low qualifications, meaning those with at most a lower secondary qualification who experience a high risk of poverty and social exclusion, and explored green job opportunities that exist for them, including those that would require reskilling (training to obtain different skills) or upskilling…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications, Employment Opportunities, Sustainable Development
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Larmour, Simon; Bruckmayer, Michaela; Hofman, Joanna – RAND Europe, 2022
This study focused on people in Île-De-France with low qualifications, meaning those with at most a lower secondary qualification who experience a high risk of poverty and social exclusion, and explored green job opportunities that exist for them, including those that would require reskilling (training to obtain different skills) or upskilling…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications, Employment Opportunities, Sustainable Development
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Lymperis, Lydia; Bruckmayer, Michaela; Hofman, Joanna – RAND Europe, 2022
This study focused on people in Glasgow with low qualifications, meaning those with at most a lower secondary qualification who experience a high risk of poverty and social exclusion, and explored green job opportunities that exist for them, including those that would require reskilling (training to obtain different skills) or upskilling (training…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications, Employment Opportunities, Sustainable Development
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Hofman, Joanna; Smith, Pamina; Hughes, Megan; Bruckmayer, Michaela – RAND Europe, 2022
This study focused on people in London with low qualifications, meaning those with at most a lower secondary qualification who experience a high risk of poverty and social exclusion, and explored green job opportunities that exist for them, including those that would require reskilling (training to obtain different skills) or upskilling (training…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications, Employment Opportunities, Sustainable Development
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Hofman, Joanna; Pardal, Mafalda; Cardoso, Frederico; Bruckmayer, Michaela – RAND Europe, 2022
This study focused on people in Madrid with low qualifications, meaning those with at most a lower secondary qualification who experience a high risk of poverty and social exclusion, and explored green job opportunities that exist for them, including those that would require reskilling (training to obtain different skills) or upskilling (training…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications, Employment Opportunities, Sustainable Development
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Bruckmayer, Michaela; Amodeo, Giovanni; Lanfredi, Giulia; Hofman, Joanna – RAND Europe, 2022
This study focused on people in Milan with low qualifications, meaning those with at most a lower secondary qualification who experience a high risk of poverty and social exclusion, and explored green job opportunities that exist for them, including those that would require reskilling (training to obtain different skills) or upskilling (training…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications, Employment Opportunities, Sustainable Development
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Bruckmayer, Michaela; Feyerabend, Katrin; Hofman, Joanna – RAND Europe, 2022
This study focused on people in the Ruhr Valley with low qualifications, meaning those with at most a lower secondary qualification who experience a high risk of poverty and social exclusion, and explored green job opportunities that exist for them, including those that would require reskilling (training to obtain different skills) or upskilling…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications, Employment Opportunities, Sustainable Development
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Sibiya, Anthony T.; Nyembezi, Nceba – Transformation in Higher Education, 2018
Background: This article seeks to examine factors that shape Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) engineering students' understanding of their future career choices. Moreover, given the promising and ambitious vision for growth in both TVET and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), as envisaged by the policy framework, White Paper on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Engineering Education, College Students
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Ashton, Daniel – Journal of Education and Work, 2015
This article examines the career opportunities, challenges and trajectories of creative work. As part of the Creative Trident approach to creative workforce measurements, the embedded mode draws attention to creative work as it is undertaken outside of the creative industries. This article further considers and conceptualises the complex careers…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Career Development, Creative Activities, Occupations
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Draper, Janet – Educational Research, 2012
Background: Hong Kong is currently a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It has autonomy over many policy areas, including finance and education. It is a community of seven million people, which has changed its focus and identity significantly over the last 25 years, from predominantly manufacturing to a service and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Higher Education, Teaching (Occupation), Birth Rate
Rothwell, Jonathan – Brookings Institution, 2013
Workers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields play a direct role in driving economic growth. Yet, because of how the STEM economy has been defined, policymakers have mainly focused on supporting workers with at least a bachelor's (BA) degree, overlooking a strong potential workforce of those with less than a BA. This report…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Knowledge Economy, Skilled Workers, Skilled Occupations
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Bushnell, Elizabeth J. – New Directions for Student Services, 2012
It is essential for higher education professionals to remain abreast of industry trends, emerging fields, and changing requirements that affect the job market and advanced education opportunities for new graduates. Equally important is a continual review of evolving strategies for success in the job search itself. Common practices in today's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Job Search Methods, Labor Market, College Graduates