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Preliminary TNA results. QUESTIONNAIRE. Drafting the questionnaire. Presumptions of the project : Shortages and mismatch of skills required by businesses Lack of adequate training programmes to meet skill requirements of businesses
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QUESTIONNAIRE Drafting the questionnaire • Presumptions of the project: • Shortages and mismatch of skills required by businesses • Lack of adequate training programmes to meet skill requirements of businesses • Institutional constraints between the education and enterprise sector • The main goal in the preliminary TNA was to: • test the clarity and understandability of the questionnaire • see the response of businesses • - check the relevance of receivedinformation
QUESTIONNAIRE Structure of the questionnaire Four sections: A – Company identification information B – Employees C – Skills and experience D – Training programmes
EMPLOYEES Surveyed companies Large > 250 employees 33% Small < 50 employees 33% Medium < 250 employees 33%
EMPLOYEES Importance of qualifications and experience Work category Importance - Managerial - Accounting/financial - Technical - Marketing Both qualifications and experience - Semi-skilled - Unskilled Experience
EMPLOYEES Performance of university graduates All of the companies employ university graduates Completely satsified – 17% Satisfied – 83%
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Shortage of skills Do not have problems finding suitably qualified and people with relevant experience – 67% Do have problems finding suitably qualified and people with relevant experience – 33% • Shortages of: • Soft skills • Specialist skills • Technical skills • Managerial and Administration skills 67% 33%
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Channels for finding people National Employment Agency, educational institutions, recomendations Only National Employment Agency 17% 17% 17% National Employment Agency, educational institutions, internet recomendations 32% 17% Only recommendations National Employment Agency, internet, newspapers, recommendations
TRAINING PROGRAMMES Training programmes in companies 83% - does have training programmes 17% - doesn’t have training programmes 17% 83% 40% 60% 60% - both in-house and external 40% - in-house
TRAINING PROGRAMMES Training programmes in companies • Training is budgeted in annual business plans of companies that provide them. • Reasons for not having training programmes is lack of finances, but they are ready to invest in training sometimes in the future. • Non of the business have problems finding training to meet their business needs.
CONCLUSIONS Conclusions and recommendations • Lack of interest from businesses • The questionnaire was generally understandable, improvements to sections B2 and C3 • Satisfaction with the performance of university graduates • Most companies provide training for their employees, we should inquireintothenature of trainings • Is labour a cost to be reduced or an asset to invest in? • A different approach for the broader survey
Thank you for the attention! Szarvas June 20, 2009