Job Creation and Demand for Skills in Kosovo : What Can We Learn from Job Portal Data?
In Kosovo, employers report significant skill shortages, which limits firm growth and job creation. To understand the labor market dynamics and employer needs in real time, this paper analyzes the content of job postings using data from major onlin...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/637351591026441699/Job-Creation-and-Demand-for-Skills-in-Kosovo-What-Can-We-Learn-from-Job-Portal-Data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33850 |
| Summary: | In Kosovo, employers report significant
skill shortages, which limits firm growth and job creation.
To understand the labor market dynamics and employer needs
in real time, this paper analyzes the content of job
postings using data from major online job portals from 2018.
The findings show that the skills that are most in demand
are socioemotional skills (especially related to
extraversion), foreign language skills, and computer skills.
The importance of these skills is transversal, cutting not
only across occupations and industries, but also universally
demanded in all education fields. The need for these skills
is expressed more often and more explicitly in postings for
jobs requiring higher levels of experience. Moreover, job
platforms are used almost exclusively for filling high-skill
occupations, especially in Kosovo's capital city,
Pristina, whereas many low- and medium-skill jobs and jobs
outside the capital are filled through informal channels.
Overall, online data can be a useful tool for policy makers
and other stakeholders to help align career services,
training programs, and educational curricula with the skill
needs of firms in real time. |
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