Bologna Process Seminar Employability: The Employers’ Perspective and its Implications

European Social Fund

Bologna Process Seminar

Employability:The Employers’ Perspective and its Implications

David Coyne, Director, European Social Fund,European Commission6 November 2008


Bologna Process Employability Seminar

Student numbers 1975

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000

ATBEBGCYCZDKEEFI

FRDEELHUIEIT

LVLTLUMTNLPLPTROSKSI

ESSEUK

Student numbers 1975: 000s 15-year olds 1975: 000s

77%

155%82%

86%80%

50%36%

91%116%

18%9%

95%125%

105%77%

76%

77%

144%129%

139%123%

144%69%

93%101%

73%

4%

EU-27:Student numbers 1975 : 7 046 00015-year olds : 7 522 000 Proportion: 94%


0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

ATBEBGCYCZDKEEFI

FRDEELHUIEIT


ESSEUK

Student numbers 2006: 000s 15-year olds 2006: 000s


Student numbers 2006

266%313%

253%206%

261%357%

359%475%

303%275%

634%345%

351%360%

374%

355%67%

188%291%

391%

316%303%

250%

522%452%

341%289%

EU27:Student numbers 2006: 18 747 00015-year olds 2006: 5 691 000Proportion: 329%



Student numbers 2006/1975

0,00 1,00 2,00 3,00 4,00 5,00 6,00 7,00 8,00

ATBEBGCZDKEEFI

FRDEELHUIEIT


ESSEUK

EU27

Multiplier



Employability

Components of Employability

Assets: skills and knowledge, personal and social skills

Marketing and Deployment Skills: managing your career and transitions

Presentation: getting the job

Context



The Medium-Term Future

Globalisation is likely to continue …

More trade in goods and services Greater movement of people Technological and knowledge diffusion Integrated financial flows

… though perhaps more slowly



The Medium-Term Future: demographic change

By 2020 …

decrease of working age population > 10% in many regions of new MS, DE, FR

declines up to 30% in some of them



The Medium-Term Future: employment rates

By 2020 …

employment rate increase to 70% by 2020

but employment rate < 55% in some regions in FR, HU, IT & RO



The Medium-Term Future: skills forecasts - EU

-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Total requirement Replacement demand Expansion demand

Demand by occupation, broad groups (change in millions) 2006-15, EU-25, Norway & Switzerland

Legislators, senior officials& managers

Professionals

Technicians & associates professionals

Clerks

Service workers & shop & market sales workers

Skilled agricultural & fishery workers

Craft & related traders workers

Plant & machine operators & assemblers

Elementary occupations



The Medium-Term Future: skills forecasts - US

The 10 US industries with the largest wage/salary and employment growth 2006-16

Industry Employment Change

2006 2016 Percent

- Management, scientific, and technical consulting services- Employment services- General medical and surgical hospitals, public and private - Elementary and secondary schools, public and private- Local government, excluding education and hospitals - Offices of physicians - Limited-service eating places - Colleges, universities, and professional schools, public and private- Computer systems design and related services- Home health care services

921

3,657 4,988

8,346

5,594 2,154 4,019 3,434

1,278 867

1,639

4,348 5,679

8,983

6,206 2,687 4,548

3,933

1,768 1,348

77.9

18.913.9

7.6

10.924.813.214.5

38.355.4

Source: US Bureau of Labour Statistics



What do students study?

Graduate distribution 2004

A: Education; B: Humanities & Arts; C: Social Sciences, business & law; D: Science, maths & computing; E: Engineering, manufacturing & construction; F: Agriculture &

veterinary; G: Health & Social Welfare; H: Services



Conclusion

• Students: think about what you can offer before you choose a course!

• Universities: think about what jobs your students can get if they follow your courses

• Governments : how does the student subject profile match your current and future needs?



Thank you very much!

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Bologna Process Seminar Employability: The Employers’ Perspective and its Implications