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TYPES OF CAREERS?
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What do you get up and go to work every day to do?
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What comes to mind?
GAP
GAP
GAP
CURRENT EDUCATION/TRAIN
ING
DEMAND FOR QUALIFIED PERSONS TO FILL
POSITIONS IN EMERGING ECONOMY
CURRENT EDUCATION/TRAIN
ING
CURRENT EDUCATION/TRAIN
ING
DEMAND FOR QUALIFIED PERSONS TO
FILL POSITIONS IN EMERGING ECONOMY
DEMAND FOR QUALIFIED
PERSONS TO FILL POSITIONS IN
EMERGING ECONOMY
Skills recession
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The future of work
• 79% confirm skills gap
• Challenges finding applicants who meet job qualifications
Challenges will increase
Need for highly skilled workers will increase
Need for post secondary education growing
What employers are saying…
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CURRENT – 2018OCCUPATIONS IN CATEGORIES OF JOBS
REQUIRING SOME POST SECONDARY EDUCATION SHOULD GROW (U.S., BLS, 2010)
15.6 MILLION NEW JOBS WITH ½ REQUIRING POSTSECONDARY DEGREE(SOARES, 2009)
90% OF JOBS IN 4 OF 5 FASTEST GROWING OCCUPATIONAL CLUSTERS (INCLUDING STEM) WILL REQUIRE A
POSTSECONDARY DEGREE(SOARES, 2009)
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Drivers for the demand for
post secondary credentials
Globalization and Outsourcing
Nature of work
Technology
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“We've got to prepare our people with the skills they need to compete in this global economy…”
“We seek to help an additional 5 million Americans earn degrees and certificates in the next decade…”
~ President Barack ObamaJuly 14, 2009
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Disparity between job seeker and
employer perspectives of needed skills
The Great Divide Job seeker
Employer
ImpetusApparent growing gap
between education and training of American
workforce and the demand for qualified persons to fill the types of positions to be available in the emerging
economy
PurposeTo examine disparities
between employers and workers in terms of
workers’ skills and current and future labor force
demands
Our Research
What does participation
mean?
Population
and
Sample
Workers Working Learners Employers
4,105 22,160 panelists 4,686
511 100 419
Workers Unemployed persons actively seeking employment opportunities, employees planning to work for at least 6 more years, and Working Learners
Working Learners
Currently or recently enrolled in a degree program while working full-time, considering returning to school in next 2 years as a FT student and seeking a job
Employers
Persons employed at the manager level or higher who self-identified as regularly involved in employee recruitment efforts and hiring decisions
Our Research
What does participation
mean?
Data Collection
What does participation
mean?
Variables
Worker
Demographics
• Gender• Race/ethnicity• Age• Military status
• Intent to remain in workforce• Language proficiency• Years of experience• Educational status
• Industry sector of current job• Career cluster of current job• Level of education• Current working learner status
Other variables
• Level of demand in the next 10 years for skilled and educated employees in current career cluster
• Level of demand in the next 10 years for employees with associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree in current career cluster
• Current skill level (multiple skills• Extent working learners increase their
value as employees as a result of their higher education activities
• Likelihood of moving to a different occupation/industry in next 5 years
• Languages proficient to do business• Likelihood of becoming proficient in
next 10 years to increase employability
Employer
Demographics
• Industry sector • Company size
Other variables
• Three career clusters with current highest demand in company for employees.
• Level of demand in the next 10 years for skilled and educated employees in top three career clusters
• Level of demand in the next 10 years for employees with associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree
• Difficulty finding employees currently and in future with the various skills
• Extent working learners increase their value as employees as a result of their higher education activities
• Extent of current and future demand for workers with proficiency to conduct business in various languages
What does participation
mean?
Workers perceived…
Higher demand
Lower demand
Lower demand
Higher demand
Employers perceived…
Lower demand
Higher demand
Higher demand
Lower demand
Perceived demand for levels of education in the next 10 years
Associate degree
Bachelor’s degree
Master’s degree
Doctoral degree
*Workers more likely to be unsure about demand
Very low Low Unsure Moderate High
What does participation
mean?
Workers perceived…
Higher demand
Lower demand
Lower demand
Higher demand
Employers perceived…
Lower demand
Higher demand
Higher demand
Lower demand
Perceived demand for levels of education in the next 10 years
Associate degree
Bachelor’s degree
Master’s degree
Doctoral degree
*Workers more likely to be unsure about demand
Very low Low Unsure Moderate High
Education and healthcare(Higher employer demand)
Manufacturing(Higher employer demand)
What does participation
mean?
Workers median perceived skill level
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
Employer median perceived ease of finding workers
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
Workers: Indicated skill level in each of the following areas.Employers: Indicated difficulty finding workers with needed skills
Thinking critically
Solving complex problems
Communicating clearly in both written and verbal
formats
Working independently
Teaming
Working in a multicultural environment
Producing work that is consistently high quality
What does participation
mean?
Percent Workers reporting proficiency
None (0%)
Very few (.39%)
Many (91.59%)
Very few (.39%)
Very few (2.74%)
Percent Employers reporting moderate/ high demand
Moderate/high (16.94%)
Moderate/high (34.14%)
Moderate/high (88.55%)
Moderate/high (11.93%)
Moderate/high (64.91%)
Workers: Indicated current language proficiencyEmployers: Indicated demand for employees with language
proficiency
Arabic
Chinese
English
Russian
Spanish
Greatest disparity
What does participation
mean?
Workers median likelihood
1
1
5
1
2
Employer median demand
2
3
5
2
4
Workers: Perceived likelihood of becoming proficient in the next 10 years Employers: Perceived demand for worker language proficiency in the next
10 years
Arabic
Chinese
English
Russian
Spanish
Greatest disparity
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What are the implications
of disparities for those
educating students for
STEM careers? What might educational institutions,
educators, and YOUdo different?
DisparitiesDegrees needed
Skills neededLanguage proficiency
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Dr. Ruby A. Rouse Dr. Leslie A. Miller