ERIC Number: EJ1427407
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Publication Date: 2024
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What Kind of GEES Specialists Does the Labour Market Really Need? Content Analysis of Job Adverts in Selected Countries
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v48 n3 p389-413 2024
The literature review has clearly indicated that the scale and characteristics of demand for Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences experts across different countries is unknown. Therefore, there is an urgent need to investigate this issue. This paper presents the results of research on the real demand for GEES specialists. In the paper, real demand is expressed by job vacancies (N = 17 378) published in six European countries over a period of 18 months. To analyse such an extensive body of text data, we used data mining techniques such as: SVD, inter-factor correlation analysis, word frequency analysis and word significance indicators, which allowed us to recognise similarities and differences in the size and structure of demand for these specialists in specific groups of countries. Employers from the UK and Ireland offered the most comprehensive range of positions whereas the expectations of Polish employers were the least diverse. Word frequency analyses for each occupation group demonstrated which components of GEES experts' knowledge and skills are considered universal on the labour market and which are subject to substantial regional variations. Moreover, word significance analyses allowed us to identify the occupations where a wider range of general skill areas was required and the positions for which primarily geographic skills were in demand.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Employment Opportunities, Job Skills, Earth Science, Demand Occupations, Specialists, Labor Market
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Europe
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