Didactic challenges for the future how to predict future skill needs on the labour market

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1 Didactic challenges for the future how to predict future skill needs on the labour market GRASPING THE FUTURE A Challenge for learning and innovation 1-3 October 2008, Helsinki

2 MORPiE (Polish abbreviation for the Observatory for the Labour Market and the Education of the Malopolska Region) Project implemented in the Regional Labour Office in Krakow since 2006, co-financed by the EU from the ESF

3 The reason for the project: the necessity of having an appropriate information as a basis of decision-making process, particularly in programming regional development and creating employment policy Inspiration: initiatives implemented in many EU countries Project meets information needs of policy makers by providing researches and transforming data to information and recommendations

4 The objective of the project: to improve the quality and accessibility to information on the labour market and its environment to develop the cooperation between institutions in the area of labour market surveys and information exchange

5 Project beneficiaries: Inhabitants of the Malopolska Region Self-government of the Malopolska Region Institutions involved in shaping regional policy Employers Labour market institutions Project providers Educational institutions

6 Construction of the project helps in effective organising information support for policy makers. Implementation of the project helps to achieve: QUALITY SAVING TIME SAVING MONEY COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

7 11 reports from surveys and analyses containing conclusions and references, focused on range of subjects related to the labour market To public their outcomes we organised 2 seminars and 2 conferences for labour market and education specialists and policy makers We searched for good practices by organising study visits Observatory for the Labour Market Main results of the project in

8 As one of our main objectives is to give wide access to information on the labour market, we established several tools which are regularly updated: internet portal of the project the Information Resources Library Module for the Graphic Presentation of Statistical Data

9 CAREER POSSIBILITIES FOR GRADUATES OF SECONDARY LEVEL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS

10 Central Statistical Office Labour Force Survey Vocational curricula of graduates 2 approaches: 1. population = students leaving the system of education within 1 year after graduation how those graduates coped with entering the labour market - were they employed, unemployed or economically inactive? 2. population = people in age of the analysis of youth situation on the labour market topics: choosing educational path after leaving primary school, looking for the first job after graduation, first years on the labour market as the time of career developing

11 Institute of Labour and Social Affairs Methods of studying the career of students finishing vocational education 1. What is the percent of secondary level schools graduates who attended the university? 2. Is the vocational training adequate to requirements of economy and job offers available on the regional labour market? 3. What is the percent of graduates who have occupation connected with the subject of their vocational training? 4. Is diploma helpful in getting the first job? 5. Does (particular) school prepare to work in professions that are surplus, deficit or balanced on the labour market? 6. Are vocational learning programmes adequate to requirements of particular position and profession? 7. Are final outcomes of schools teaching activities adequate to vocational learning programmes guidelines? 8. Are graduates qualifications up-to-date with currently used technologies?

12 1. Vocational school leavers curricula (careers and further education) 2. Professions taught by schools that give their graduates the best opportunity to get the job connected with the subject of their vocational training 3. Subjective and objective factors of vocational success and their strength of impact 4. Does the vocational school prepare to work in particular profession? 5. Qualifications (formal) and competences gained outside the school brought by graduates to the labour market 6. Types of looking-for-job problems that different groups of school leavers have to cope with 7. What kind of job graduates look for and what kind of job they take? 8. Further curricula and careers of graduates after leaving their first work place 9. Criteria of choosing job offer 10. How graduates look for job? 11. To what extent educational and vocational curricula are effect of conscious choice of school leavers? 12. Factors which encourage the young to continue their education

13 Reorganising vocational education system Parents higher education Continuing education Better career perspectives LLL opportunities for adults may stimulate pro-educational behaviours among the young Pupils active participation in additional classes Pupils passive attitude to education Bigger threat of unemployment Encourage young to accumulate occupational experience compulsory trainings internships voluntary service part-time work holiday work temporary work Parents lower education Improve quality of practical training

14 Main conclusions and recommendations Reorganising vocational education system basic vocational education specialised qualifications = limited flexibility during a job search module learning and LLL the evidence of school and teachers commitment organising workshops on job searching encourage pupils to begin an active job search too many graduates in surplus professions high costs of vocational education engage entrepreneurs in adapting school programmes to the labour market needs help to avoid being unemployed graduate

15 Main conclusions and recommendations Easy access to employment advisors for gymnasium pupils VOCATIONAL COUNSELLING Encouraging young to plan their occupational and educational future RESEARCH ORGANISATION Monitoring the curricula of vocational schools graduates Monitoring of the entrepreneurs needs for employees Engaging secondary schools in collecting data on pupils Encouraging secondary schools to use gained information to improve the quality and directions of education and vocational training Upper secondary courses adjusted to outcomes of periodical analyses on the labour market Providing pupils and their parents with information needed for taking rational decisions on the educational future

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17 Inspiration Southwest Finland TKTT process Interviews Expert panels Institutions use gained information and recommendations in decision making

18 THE SURVEY ON THE MALOPOLSKA STRATEGIC BRANCHES interviews (1200 respondents), focus group interviews (8), an expert analysis outcomes comments and recommendations aims: description of the situation of enterprises as well as demand for personnel in strategic branches of the Malopolska labour market research problems: a structure of employment, employment movements, deficits in employees' qualifications and training needs, conditions for running business and forecasts of the strategic branches future branches/sectors (according to the Polish Classification of Activities - sections A-O) 3 branches that would have the biggest demand for personnel in the following 5 years: 1) hotels and restaurants (section H) 2) real estate, renting and business activities (section K) 3) other community, social and personal service activities (section O)

19 THE SURVEY ON THE MALOPOLSKA STRATEGIC BRANCHES conclusions and recommendations International IT enterprises have the biggest influence on the labour market in Malopolska Entrepreneurs attitude affect their investment and HR decisions The most optimistic attitude characterised IT and R&D sectors Most popular professions: IT and R&D - high quality specialists Other surveyed branches - manual workers and clerks Regular monitoring of employment structure Most of employment reductions and increases related to the same professions, scale of rotation is quite big 1/3 companies interested in training employees foremost in IT and R&D Research on the scale of rotation problem Information for vocational schools, universities and educational institutions useful to prepare training offers corresponding with employers needs Monitoring of employers needs Employment plans in most enterprises related to supplementing staff shortage Encouraging employers to cooperate with schools Applying for the EU funds is not very popular amongst companies in Malopolska region and within few years growth of businessmen interest will vary Most wanted professions rankings popularised in local labour offices, secondary and vocational schools and universities Main reasons for not applying: the lack of interesting and/or information how to do it effectively

20 Inspiration for changes The Observatory on Labour Market (ORML) RIF (Rete Indagini Fabbisogni/ Occupational Needs Network) Monitoring of important branches on a regional and on a provincial level The main objectives: to provide effective means to evaluate the projects made by the vocational training agencies, to support the planning of tertiary education, to provide a reliable and up-to-date set of indicators about occupational trends, to support students and workers in their occupational choices Measuring of current presence of workers performing particular profession and the extent of the demand for them in the period of 3-4 years the desk research and experts panels lists of most significant professions for each sector postal questionnaire to local enterprises representing surveyed sectors

21 Summary Observatory for the Labour Market Utilisation of information from both Observatory (MORPIE) surveys: to direct support from the ESF in order to improve the effectiveness of funds intervention in Malopolska to enable project providers using aforementioned information to prepare applications for the ESF funds Next stage of the project: to repeat both surveys periodically to engage all actors (schools, employers, sector specialists) in research process to make it more effective The feedback and more applicable recommendations will allow to intensify project impact on the regional education and the labour market policy

22 better responding future challenges in the field of education and labour market improvement of educational environment better opportunities for citizens to develop their competitiveness reliable basis of decision making process REGIONAL FORESIGHT standardisation of methodologies collecting comparable data developing the system of two-way information flow (bottom-up and top-down)

23 Thank you for your attention! Maria Leńczuk Project co-financed by the European Union from the European Social Fund 23