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Four questions and answers for career guidance!

01/02/2019

Our new indicators help answer questions such as “what are the future prospects of a specific job?”, “what tasks will I be doing?”, “how much will I make?” or “what education do I need for a certain job?”

Jiri Branka
Jiri Branka
Cedefop Expert, Department for Skills and Labour Market

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Skills forecast insights

Analytical highlights discussing topics emerging from Cedefop skills forecast: replacement demand, skills challenges in Europe, polarisation of skills and job growth creators in the European labour market

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Skills Forecast: key EU trends to 2030

05/2018
Cedefop skills forecasts offers quantitative projections of the future trends in employment by sector of economic activity and occupational group. Future trends on the level of education of the population and the labour force are also estimated. Cedefop’s forecasts use harmonised international da...
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Replacement demand: driving millions of job openings across the EU

05/2016
Between 2015 and 2025, more than 97 million job openings will need to be filled in EU-28. 93% of these will be due to replacement demand.
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Skills challenges in Europe (2016)

03/2016
There are concerns that Europe has a skill mismatch problem: employers struggle to recruit people with the skills they need while unemployment levels remain relatively high following the economic crisis.
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Focus on Polarisation of skills in the labour market

12/2015
Studies of the changing demand for skills over the past two decades, including Cedefop forecasts, show a ‘skills polarisation’: demand for medium-skilled intermediate occupations is falling, while demand in both high-skilled and low-skilled occupations is rising - although there are important var...
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Focus on skills challenges (2014)

07/2014
Skills shortages in certain sectors and occupations create recruitment difficulties for employers, while a substantial proportion of the EU work force are not in jobs that match their skills or qualifications.

Skills anticipation in countries

Analytical highlights on the skills anticipation and matching approach in all EU countries

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Skills anticipation in Austria

04/2017
At its core, skills anticipation in Austria consists of the Public Employment Service (Arbeitsmarktservice, AMS) (1) Skills Barometer and the forecasting of skills demand undertaken on behalf of the AMS by the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (Österreichische Institut für Wirtschaftsforsch...
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Skills anticipation in Belgium

04/2017
In Belgium the approach to skills anticipation can be described as both collaborative (in the sense that stakeholder involvement is relatively high), but also fragmented given its dispersal over several levels of governance with little co-ordination at the federal level.  Governance is de...
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Skills anticipation in Bulgaria

04/2017
Skills anticipation is in its infancy in Bulgaria. Key developments between 2009 and 2013 have been co-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) including perhaps the most important one- the creation of the National Network for Competence Assessment (NNCA). In 2013, Bulgaria adopted a formal ‘mech...
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Skills anticipation in Croatia

04/2017
Skills anticipation is in a process of development in Croatia. Overall, there is a consensus between the various authorities on the direction of policy, but at the moment there is no systematic and coordinated skills anticipation process. The impact of various anticipation exercises has been limi...
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Skills anticipation in Cyprus

04/2017
Skills anticipation activities in Cyprus are highly centralised, with activity concentrated in the Human Resource Development Authority (Αρχή Ανάπτυξης Ανθρώπινου Δυναμικού, HRDA), a semi-governmental organisation which holds overall responsibility for skills anticipation. The main tools of sk...

Skills opportunities and challenges in occupations

Analytical highlights on employment and skill developments in 30 occupational groups

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Skills opportunities and challenges in occupations

Care workers: skills opportunities and challenges

12/2016
Personal care workers typically provide care, supervision and assistance for children, patients and the elderly, convalescent or disabled people in an institutional or residential setting.
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Skills opportunities and challenges in occupations

CEOs, officials & legislators: skills opportunities and challenges

12/2016
There are roughly 1.75 million CEOs and senior officials currently working in the EU.
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Skills opportunities and challenges in occupations

Construction workers: skills opportunities and challenges

12/2016
Construction, or building and related trades workers (excluding electricians) fulfil a variety of different roles in the demolition, construction, renovation and maintenance of buildings.
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Elementary occupations: skills opportunities and challenges

12/2016
People employed in elementary occupations usually perform simple and routine tasks which may require the use of hand-held tools and considerable physical effort.
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Skills opportunities and challenges in occupations

Handicraft and printing workers: skills opportunities and challenges

12/2016
Handicraft workers use high-level technical skills to apply both traditional and contemporary methods in the design and production of jewellery, pottery, or textiles, along with many other articles.

Mismatch priority occupations in countries

Analytical highlights for EU countries on occupations in surplus and shortage

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Mismatch priority occupations in countries

Austria: Mismatch priority occupations

10/2016
STEM scientists and engineers belong to high shortage occupations for Austria.
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Mismatch priority occupations in countries

Belgium: Mismatch priority occupations

10/2016
Medical doctors and health professionals belong to high shortage occupations for Belgium.
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Bulgaria: Mismatch priority occupations

10/2016
​ICT professionals belong to high shortage occupations for Bulgaria.
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Croatia: Mismatch priority occupations

10/2016
ICT professionals belong to high shortage occupations for Croatia.
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Cyprus: Mismatch priority occupations

10/2016
Health professionals belong to high shortage occupations for Cyprus.

Focus on skills and learning

Analytical highlights on types of skills and learning: STEM skills, literacy and numeracy skills, environmental awareness skills, entrepreneurial skills, foreign languages, employability and skills of higher education graduates; apprenticeships and adult learning

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Focus on apprenticeships (2016)

07/2016
Apprenticeships can deliver benefits to both employers and individuals. Employers can better meet their skill needs, and individuals are likely to develop better employment prospects.
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Focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills

04/2015
STEM - related jobs are expected to grow faster than average over the next decade, but there are various challenges for business and policy makers in ensuring appropriate supply of these skills.
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Focus on literacy and numeracy skills

04/2015
Low levels of literacy and numeracy among the existing and the future workforce are likely to be a major barrier to labour market integration and future growth.
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Focus on environmental awareness skills

04/2015
These skills are playing a key role in supporting shifts to a greener economy, both within new eco-industries and across various sectors impacted by environmental regulations.
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Focus on entrepreneurial skills

04/2015
Entrepreneurial skills such as creativity, innovation and risk-taking underpin the creation of new firms, but are increasingly a priority within the education system.

Country prospects

Analytical highlights for each EU Member State discussing the economic outlook, employment and skill trends in sectors and occupations (2015)

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Prospects for Croatia

04/2015
Coming out of a six - year recession, 28,000 additional jobs are expected to be created in construction, manufacturing and ICT by 2020.
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Prospects for Cyprus

04/2015
Despite high investment in education, Cyprus does not perform as well as expected on skills indicators prompting consideration of wide scale reforms at all levels of education.
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Prospects for Czech Republic

04/2015
Skill demand is still driven by the industry, but the importance of services is rising fast.
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Prospects for Denmark

04/2015
A shortage of higher and vocationally educated persons is expected for 2020.
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Prospects for Estonia

04/2015
Emigration and working abroad are severely affecting the labour market as the population overall is declining.

Focus on sectors

Analytical highlights discussing developments in economic sectors in the EU, regarding growth, employment, occupations and skills (2014)

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Focus on sectors

Focus on skills for social care

05/2014
Evolving service delivery models influence the skills needed in the care workforce.
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Focus on sectors

Focus on textiles, leather and clothing

05/2014
Changing skill needs as companies focus on high - value production, cutting - edge technology and workforce versatility.
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Focus on retail and distribution services

05/2014
Businesses require a combination of advanced ICT expertise and effective communicators to succeed in a globalised and highly-competitive marketplace.
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Focus on renewable energy sector

05/2014
Skills upgrading and new jobs in the growing renewable energy industry.
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Focus on advanced manufacturing

05/2014
The number of science and engineering graduates is rising, but skills shortages remain.

Occupation prospects

Analytical highlights discussing employment and skill trends in 26 occupational groups (2014)

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Occupation prospects

Prospects for drivers and mobile plant operators

12/2014
Skilled manual workers including taxi, train and bus drivers, as well as ships' deck crews and crane operators.
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Prospects for food, wood and garment processing craft workers

12/2014
A diverse group including food processing workers, cabinet - makers and tailors.
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Prospects for handicraft and printing workers

12/2014
Handicraft workers make and repair musical instruments, jewellery, pottery and porcelain ware; while the printing trades include printers and binding workers.
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Prospects for health associate professionals

12/2014
Includes medical and pharmaceutical technicians, nursing assistants support services in community health, dentistry and environmental health.
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Occupation prospects

Prospects for labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

12/2014
Non - agricultural labourers are manual workers who perform a range of simple and routine tasks, which vary by industry.

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Thematic Working Group 1: “Learning Providers and the challenge of TEL: enhancing teachers’ and trainers’ e-skills”

01/04/2019 02/04/2019Toulouse , EU
Cedefop informs that the fourth meeting of theThematic Working Group 1: “Learning Providers and the challenge of TEL: enhancing teachers’ and trainers’ e-skills” will take place in Toulouce, on Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd of April 2019.

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Cyprus: access to training programmes for all registered unemployed

19/02/2019
The standard multi-company training programmes are one of the schemes of the Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus (HRDA) with high participation rates. The main aim of the scheme is the participation of employed people in training programmes, designed and implemented by certified vocati...
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Important skills for the future covered by Austria CVET courses

19/02/2019
Statistics Austria published in 2018 a report on the latest available survey data on continuing vocational education and training (CVET), using data collected in 2015 as part of the Fifth European continuing vocational training survey (CVTS5).

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Guides & toolkits

Awareness Raising & Strategy toolkit

02/2019
The toolkit not only provides summaries of the lesson learnt through the lifespan of the LSE project, but also contains concrete recommendations as well as proposals for life skills strategies at different levels. More specifically the Awareness Raising and Strategy toolkit includes: ...
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Matching skills - online information tool

01/2019
These policy instruments use an evidence-based approach to inform and shape upskilling or other skills matching policies for the current and future world of work. The tool, which is designed for policy-makers working on education and training, skills, (active) labour market policy and rela...
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Cedefop European database on apprenticeship schemes

06/2018
The selected schemes have a stable/valid legal basis and are system-level or mainstream. A scheme is understood as a set of rules and regulations about how this type of training should be designed, delivered, assessed, certified and governed. The data are organised and easily accessible by...
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Cedefop VET toolkit for tackling early leaving

05/2017
The Europe-wide VET toolkit for tackling early leaving was developed by Cedefop in 2017. Based on evidence of success, It provides practical guidance, tips, good practicesand tools drawn from VET aiming at helping young people to attain at least an upper secondary qualification.
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Cedefop Resources for Guidance

05/2018
Resources for guidance, now available online, is a new project dedicated to managers of careers services, practitioners and policy-makers working in career development and activation policies. The resources result from a research process of over three years on the effective usage of labour mar...
Reports & publications

Report: Work for a Brighter Future

02/2019
A Universal Labour Guarantee, social protection from birth to old age and an entitlement to lifelong learning are among ten recommendations made in a landmark report by the International Labour Organization’s Global Commission on the Future of Work. The Global Commission on the Future of Work ...
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ESI technical report

01/2019
The 2018 technical report accompanies the release of the 2018 version of the European Skills Index (ESI) developed by Cedefop. The methodological decisions made in constructing the index have implications for the interpretation and understanding of the results. The first part of this report outli...
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Precarious work precarious lives: how policy can create more security

01/2019
In Ireland the absence of universal health and childcare makes the insecurity of precarious work even greater. Often, policymaker narratives focus on the unemployment figures declining, yet we are seeing more and more workers experiencing or being at risk of in-work poverty, especially through...
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Ministry of Labour qualifications tested in the field

01/2019
Ministry of Labour now have the wind in their sails. The number of people obtaining such qualifications has doubled in 10 years. Well recognised by employers, these qualifications are a good passport into employment. Their modular design makes them precursors of units of competence. The Fr...
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Internet use in the EU, 2018 – digitalisation at work

01/2019
16% of employed internet users reported changes in their job tasks due to new software or computerised equipment. At the beginning of 2018, 87% of people in the European Union (EU), aged between 16 and 74 years, had used internet at least once in the last twelve months. Of those internet users...
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Cedefop 2018 infographics collection on future labour market and skills trends

02/2019
Cedefop 2018 #SkillsForecast presents a series of infographics summarising future labour market and skills trends for each one of Europe’s Member States. The Skills Forecast looks at the period going up to 2030. In these infographics you can find information answering questions such as “what woul...
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Eurostat November 2018 Newsrelease: Euro area unemployment at 7.9 %

01/2019
The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 7.9% in November 2018, down from 8.0% in October 2018 and from 8.7% in November 2017. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since October 2008. The EU28 unemployment rate was 6.7% in November 2018, stable compared with...
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Back to the news list The top ICT skills in demand by companies today

01/2019
Competitiveness, innovation and job creation in Europe are increasingly driven by the use of new information and communication technologies (ICT). Which ICT skills are most needed today, and where? In a constantly evolving environment, companies and public services need to further invest i...
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ECVET magazine no 33 - December 2018

01/2019
In this edition you will find articles on: the European Vocational Skills Week 2018: addressing the future of VET (by Cedefop experts); the transnational ECVET Enterprise project; the use of ECVET in Czech Republic (mid-term evaluation); the ECVET Peer Learning Activity focusing ...
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News Article | Social enterprise: Entrepreneurship with a social impact

10/2018
As pointed out by the European Commission, entrepreneurship and self-employment help create jobs, develop skills and give unemployed and vulnerable people an opportunity to fully participate in society and the economy. Accounting for 14% of total employment, self-employed people play an import...

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