Workforce Skills in the Eyes of the Employers : Results of the Georgia STEP Employer Skills Survey

The objective of this note is to present the results of the recently completed employer skills survey, and to discuss their policy implications. The analysis finds that there is a skills shortage in Georgia despite high unemployment. It is difficul...

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Main Author:	Rutkowski, Jan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	SKILLS JOBS EMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE COLLEGE PERSONALITY HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION SKILLED WORKERS CAREER DEVELOPMENT LABOR MARKET NEEDS WHITE COLLAR WORKERS UNIVERSITY GRADUATES NUMERACY TRAINING INSTITUTIONS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUPS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT CLERICAL WORKERS HIGHER EDUCATION CAREER JOB GENERAL EDUCATION COLLEGE DEGREE TECHNICAL SKILLS SKILLED PROFESSIONALS WAGE LEVEL FIRM SIZE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES JOB SEEKERS LITERACY KNOWLEDGE EDUCATED WORKERS LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CRITICAL THINKING CAREER CHOICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING EMPLOYMENT POLICIES UNEMPLOYED WORKERS JOB OPPORTUNITIES ON-THE-JOB TRAINING SOCIAL SKILLS GRADUATE WORKER CRAFTSMEN SECONDARY SCHOOL UNEMPLOYED OLDER WORKERS PRIMARY CONCERN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATES EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH JOB TRAINING LABOR HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR PROBLEM SOLVING SOCIOLOGISTS SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES READING UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY CAREER PROSPECTS SKILL GROUPS FIRM ENTRY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH HUMAN CAPITAL PRODUCTIVE FIRM WORKERS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS YOUNG WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION SCHOOLS LABOR DEMAND EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CURRICULA SKILL SHORTAGES CLERKS JOB VACANCIES JOB TURNOVER OCCUPATIONS OCCUPATION EMPLOYMENT SERVICES SCHOOL GRADUATES LANGUAGE LITERACY WORKFORCE SKILLS JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM PAYROLL TAXES PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH MANAGEMENT SKILLED LABOR TERTIARY LEVEL ADVANCED SKILLS ETHICS COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING QUALITY EDUCATION EMPLOYABILITY EDUCATION WORKING CONDITIONS INVESTMENT LITERACY LITERACY EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS RURAL AREAS LABORERS EMPLOYEE YOUNG PEOPLE COLLEGE GRADUATES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS COMMUNICATION LEADERSHIP TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION LABOR MARKET INFORMATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION CREATIVE THINKING EMPLOYEES
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spelling	okr-10986-225312021-04-23T14:04:09Z Workforce Skills in the Eyes of the Employers : Results of the Georgia STEP Employer Skills Survey Rutkowski, Jan SKILLS JOBS EMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE COLLEGE PERSONALITY HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION SKILLED WORKERS CAREER DEVELOPMENT LABOR MARKET NEEDS WHITE COLLAR WORKERS UNIVERSITY GRADUATES NUMERACY TRAINING INSTITUTIONS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUPS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT CLERICAL WORKERS HIGHER EDUCATION CAREER JOB GENERAL EDUCATION COLLEGE DEGREE TECHNICAL SKILLS SKILLED PROFESSIONALS WAGE LEVEL FIRM SIZE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES JOB SEEKERS LITERACY KNOWLEDGE EDUCATED WORKERS LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CRITICAL THINKING CAREER CHOICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING EMPLOYMENT POLICIES UNEMPLOYED WORKERS JOB OPPORTUNITIES ON-THE-JOB TRAINING SOCIAL SKILLS GRADUATE WORKER CRAFTSMEN SECONDARY SCHOOL UNEMPLOYED OLDER WORKERS PRIMARY CONCERN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATES EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH JOB TRAINING LABOR HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR PROBLEM SOLVING SOCIOLOGISTS SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES READING UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY CAREER PROSPECTS SKILL GROUPS FIRM ENTRY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH HUMAN CAPITAL PRODUCTIVE FIRM WORKERS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS YOUNG WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION SCHOOLS LABOR DEMAND EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CURRICULA SKILL SHORTAGES CLERKS JOB VACANCIES JOB TURNOVER OCCUPATIONS OCCUPATION EMPLOYMENT SERVICES SCHOOL GRADUATES LANGUAGE LITERACY WORKFORCE SKILLS JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM PAYROLL TAXES PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH MANAGEMENT SKILLED LABOR TERTIARY LEVEL ADVANCED SKILLS ETHICS COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING QUALITY EDUCATION EMPLOYABILITY EDUCATION WORKING CONDITIONS INVESTMENT LITERACY LITERACY EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS RURAL AREAS LABORERS EMPLOYEE YOUNG PEOPLE COLLEGE GRADUATES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS COMMUNICATION LEADERSHIP TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION LABOR MARKET INFORMATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION CREATIVE THINKING EMPLOYEES The objective of this note is to present the results of the recently completed employer skills survey, and to discuss their policy implications. The analysis finds that there is a skills shortage in Georgia despite high unemployment. It is difficult for employers, especially in the modern sector, to find workers with the required skills. Employers demand not only ‘hard’ technical skills, but also ‘soft’ social and behavioural skills (such as openness to experience) as well as higher-order cognitive skills (such as problem solving and creative thinking). And these are the skills that young Georgians often lack. Box one summarizes the main results of the analysis and shows the core employability skills that young workers lack most often. The note is organized as follows. Section one looks at the supply of and demand for skills, and shows that, despite high unemployment, there is a skills shortage. Section two examines the demand for skills more closely. It identifies skills that determine the employers hiring decisions, and skills that young job applicant most frequently lack. Section three focuses on firm organized training as a way of coping with a skills shortage. Section four concludes and discusses policy implications of the analysis. 2015-08-20T15:40:40Z 2015-08-20T15:40:40Z 2013-11-29 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24919389/workforce-skills-eyes-employers-results-georgia-step-employer-skills-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22531 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Georgia
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topic	SKILLS JOBS EMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE COLLEGE PERSONALITY HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION SKILLED WORKERS CAREER DEVELOPMENT LABOR MARKET NEEDS WHITE COLLAR WORKERS UNIVERSITY GRADUATES NUMERACY TRAINING INSTITUTIONS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUPS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT CLERICAL WORKERS HIGHER EDUCATION CAREER JOB GENERAL EDUCATION COLLEGE DEGREE TECHNICAL SKILLS SKILLED PROFESSIONALS WAGE LEVEL FIRM SIZE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES JOB SEEKERS LITERACY KNOWLEDGE EDUCATED WORKERS LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CRITICAL THINKING CAREER CHOICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING EMPLOYMENT POLICIES UNEMPLOYED WORKERS JOB OPPORTUNITIES ON-THE-JOB TRAINING SOCIAL SKILLS GRADUATE WORKER CRAFTSMEN SECONDARY SCHOOL UNEMPLOYED OLDER WORKERS PRIMARY CONCERN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATES EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH JOB TRAINING LABOR HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR PROBLEM SOLVING SOCIOLOGISTS SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES READING UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY CAREER PROSPECTS SKILL GROUPS FIRM ENTRY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH HUMAN CAPITAL PRODUCTIVE FIRM WORKERS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS YOUNG WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION SCHOOLS LABOR DEMAND EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CURRICULA SKILL SHORTAGES CLERKS JOB VACANCIES JOB TURNOVER OCCUPATIONS OCCUPATION EMPLOYMENT SERVICES SCHOOL GRADUATES LANGUAGE LITERACY WORKFORCE SKILLS JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM PAYROLL TAXES PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH MANAGEMENT SKILLED LABOR TERTIARY LEVEL ADVANCED SKILLS ETHICS COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING QUALITY EDUCATION EMPLOYABILITY EDUCATION WORKING CONDITIONS INVESTMENT LITERACY LITERACY EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS RURAL AREAS LABORERS EMPLOYEE YOUNG PEOPLE COLLEGE GRADUATES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS COMMUNICATION LEADERSHIP TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION LABOR MARKET INFORMATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION CREATIVE THINKING EMPLOYEES
spellingShingle	SKILLS JOBS EMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE COLLEGE PERSONALITY HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION SKILLED WORKERS CAREER DEVELOPMENT LABOR MARKET NEEDS WHITE COLLAR WORKERS UNIVERSITY GRADUATES NUMERACY TRAINING INSTITUTIONS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUPS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT CLERICAL WORKERS HIGHER EDUCATION CAREER JOB GENERAL EDUCATION COLLEGE DEGREE TECHNICAL SKILLS SKILLED PROFESSIONALS WAGE LEVEL FIRM SIZE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES JOB SEEKERS LITERACY KNOWLEDGE EDUCATED WORKERS LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CRITICAL THINKING CAREER CHOICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING EMPLOYMENT POLICIES UNEMPLOYED WORKERS JOB OPPORTUNITIES ON-THE-JOB TRAINING SOCIAL SKILLS GRADUATE WORKER CRAFTSMEN SECONDARY SCHOOL UNEMPLOYED OLDER WORKERS PRIMARY CONCERN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATES EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH JOB TRAINING LABOR HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR PROBLEM SOLVING SOCIOLOGISTS SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES READING UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY CAREER PROSPECTS SKILL GROUPS FIRM ENTRY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH HUMAN CAPITAL PRODUCTIVE FIRM WORKERS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS YOUNG WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION SCHOOLS LABOR DEMAND EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CURRICULA SKILL SHORTAGES CLERKS JOB VACANCIES JOB TURNOVER OCCUPATIONS OCCUPATION EMPLOYMENT SERVICES SCHOOL GRADUATES LANGUAGE LITERACY WORKFORCE SKILLS JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM PAYROLL TAXES PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH MANAGEMENT SKILLED LABOR TERTIARY LEVEL ADVANCED SKILLS ETHICS COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING QUALITY EDUCATION EMPLOYABILITY EDUCATION WORKING CONDITIONS INVESTMENT LITERACY LITERACY EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS RURAL AREAS LABORERS EMPLOYEE YOUNG PEOPLE COLLEGE GRADUATES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS COMMUNICATION LEADERSHIP TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION LABOR MARKET INFORMATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION CREATIVE THINKING EMPLOYEES Rutkowski, Jan Workforce Skills in the Eyes of the Employers : Results of the Georgia STEP Employer Skills Survey
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description	The objective of this note is to present the results of the recently completed employer skills survey, and to discuss their policy implications. The analysis finds that there is a skills shortage in Georgia despite high unemployment. It is difficult for employers, especially in the modern sector, to find workers with the required skills. Employers demand not only ‘hard’ technical skills, but also ‘soft’ social and behavioural skills (such as openness to experience) as well as higher-order cognitive skills (such as problem solving and creative thinking). And these are the skills that young Georgians often lack. Box one summarizes the main results of the analysis and shows the core employability skills that young workers lack most often. The note is organized as follows. Section one looks at the supply of and demand for skills, and shows that, despite high unemployment, there is a skills shortage. Section two examines the demand for skills more closely. It identifies skills that determine the employers hiring decisions, and skills that young job applicant most frequently lack. Section three focuses on firm organized training as a way of coping with a skills shortage. Section four concludes and discusses policy implications of the analysis.
format	Working Paper
author	Rutkowski, Jan
author_facet	Rutkowski, Jan
author_sort	Rutkowski, Jan
title	Workforce Skills in the Eyes of the Employers : Results of the Georgia STEP Employer Skills Survey
title_short	Workforce Skills in the Eyes of the Employers : Results of the Georgia STEP Employer Skills Survey
title_full	Workforce Skills in the Eyes of the Employers : Results of the Georgia STEP Employer Skills Survey
title_fullStr	Workforce Skills in the Eyes of the Employers : Results of the Georgia STEP Employer Skills Survey
title_full_unstemmed	Workforce Skills in the Eyes of the Employers : Results of the Georgia STEP Employer Skills Survey
title_sort	workforce skills in the eyes of the employers : results of the georgia step employer skills survey
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24919389/workforce-skills-eyes-employers-results-georgia-step-employer-skills-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22531
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Workforce Skills in the Eyes of the Employers : Results of the Georgia STEP Employer Skills Survey

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