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GAP C URRENT EDUCATION / TRAINING D EMAND FOR QUALIFIED PERSONS TO FILL POSITIONS IN EMERGING ECONOMY C URRENT EDUCATION / TRAINING D EMAND FOR QUALIFIED PERSONS TO FILL POSITIONS IN EMERGING ECONOMY Skills recession

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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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© 2010 University of Phoenix, Inc. All rights reserved.” Disparity between job seeker and employer perspectives of needed skills The Great Divide Impetus Apparent 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 Purpose To 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 Population and Sample WorkersWorking LearnersEmployers 4,10522,160 panelists4, 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 sectorCompany 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 Higher demand Employers perceived… Lower 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 Higher demand Employers perceived… Lower 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 Employer median perceived ease of finding workers 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 proficiency Employers: Indicated demand for employees with language proficiency Arabic Chinese English Russian Spanish Greatest disparity

What does participation mean? Workers median likelihood Employer median demand 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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