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Labour Market trends

Labour Market trends. Since 2008…. There has been a decline in some large Employment Sectors: Law (drop in property sales) Construction (94,000 jobs to 68,000 jobs) Estate Agents Civil Service Public Services – No PSNI recruitment this year

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Labour Market trends

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  1. Labour Market trends

  2. Since 2008… • There has been a decline in some large Employment Sectors: • Law (drop in property sales) • Construction (94,000 jobs to 68,000 jobs) • Estate Agents • Civil Service • Public Services – No PSNI recruitment this year • Fire Service recruiting Retained Officers

  3. NI sector employment trend and forecasts to 2020 (2010 – 2020) • Business Services +30,000 • Retail & distribution +11,300 • Hotel & restaurant +6,200 • Transport & communications +4,200 • Construction +3,000 • Health, Social work , Probation Services +2,800 • Financial services +1,300 • Agriculture, forestry & fishing - 2,100 • Public administration & defence - 8,900 • Education - 3,400 (Source: DETI, LFS, Oxford Economics) Vacancies include replacement as well as new positions Looking to the Future

  4. Increased Competition • Fire Service – 5000 applied for 24 positions • Social Work – Over 1100 applications for 260 positions • Nursing – 1793 applications for 401 QUB places • Midwifery – 719 applications for 35 QUB places • Bombardier – 1,600 applications for 40 places • TESCO – 6000 applicants for a NW store

  5. I.T. • Food industry • Healthcare • Green Economy Job Sectors Expected to Expand

  6. Skill areas in demand • Business and Financial Services • (including accountancy, corporate recovery, financial analysts) • ICT • (Software development skills, database development, systems management • and internet specialist skills) • Agri Food Sector • (including lab technicians, food scientists, biotech, machine operatives) • Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering • (CAD skills: CNC machine operatives; mechanical & electrical engineering skills including at technician level; strategic marketing)

  7. Wind Energy • Dong Energy - Belfast Harbour. Over 300 f/t jobs to be created • Offshore Wind Farms (11,000 new farms expected over next 20 years. A quarter of these expected to be within 150 nautical miles from Belfast) • Domestic Home Market • Carbon Zero Industries Green Economy

  8. The significant influences for young people

  9. Careers Education Work Related Learning Experiences Employability Skills The Learner’s Entitlement Careers Advice & Guidance Careers Information Core Components of CEIAG Preparing for Success – A Guide to Developing Effective Decision Makers (2009)

  10. Work Related Learning Experiences • Curriculum Projects • Mini-Enterprise • Enterprise Days • Mentoring • Talks, Masterclasses • Business Challenges • Case Studies • Workplace Visits • Virtual Visits • Mock Interviews • Work Experience • Teacher Placements

  11. In all subjects, pupils should develop their employability skills by: • Promoting awareness of the range of skills employers require • Using active learning methodologies • Promoting awareness of the transferability of skills acquired to other contexts Development of Employability Skills

  12. Source: www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk

  13. The range of options in education, training and employment Job profiles Entry routes into the appropriate potential career pathways. Labour Market Information (LMI) Software packages and web-based resources (jed.c2kni.net) Careers Information

  14. Options Help Where might this subject lead me in the future? If I don’t pick this subject will it restrict my career options too much? How will I be assessed? How will this subject help me develop my employability skills? What will I learn about?

  15. Career choices Up-to-date information for progression routes related to your subject(s) Careers Information/Employability Skills displays with current relevant information • Work Related Learning Experiences • Are these incorporated into your schemes? • Make the connections between these experiences and future careers/progression routes • Employability Skills Pupils have the opportunity to develop these in your lessons. • Use of Common Assessment Activities Independent research into careers of interest What Next?

  16. What do I need to keep doing? What are the challenges? What do I need to start doing? Review our responsibilities in regard to CEIAG/employability The Way Forward?

  17. Careers Service website – general LMI overview for NI www.nidirect.gov.uk/careers Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) – In-depth NI LMI http://www.delni.gov.uk/index/statsandresearch.htm Sector Skills Councils – UK wide LMI http://www.sscalliance.org/SectorSkillsCouncils Office of National Statistics (ONS) – UK wide http://www.ons.org.uk/ EURES – (European mobility portal) – Worldwide http://ec.europa.eu/eures/ Where to find Labour Market Information

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