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

Bologna Process Seminar Employability: The Employers’ Perspective and its Implications. David Coyne, Director, European Social Fund, European Commission 6 November 2008 . Bologna Process Employability Seminar Student numbers 1975.

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

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  1. Bologna Process SeminarEmployability:The Employers’ Perspective and its Implications David Coyne, Director, European Social Fund, European Commission6 November 2008

  2. Bologna Process Employability Seminar Student numbers 1975 EU-27:Student numbers 1975 : 7 046 00015-year olds : 7 522 000Proportion: 94%

  3. 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% Bologna Process Employability Seminar Student numbers 2006 EU27:Student numbers 2006: 18 747 00015-year olds 2006: 5 691 000Proportion: 329%

  4. Bologna Process Employability Seminar Student numbers 2006/1975

  5. Bologna Process Employability Seminar 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

  6. Bologna Process Employability Seminar 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

  7. Bologna Process Employability Seminar 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

  8. Bologna Process Employability Seminar 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

  9. 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 Bologna Process Employability Seminar The Medium-Term Future: skills forecasts - EU Demand by occupation, broad groups (change in millions) 2006-15, EU-25, Norway & Switzerland

  10. Bologna Process Employability Seminar The Medium-Term Future: skills forecasts - US The 10 US industries with the largest wage/salary and employment growth 2006-16 Source: US Bureau of Labour Statistics

  11. Bologna Process Employability Seminar What do students study?

  12. Bologna Process Employability Seminar 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?

  13. Bologna Process Employability Seminar Thank you very much!

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