Preliminary TNA results

QUESTIONNAIRE Presumptions : -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 was to explore the nature and extent of skill shortages. Drafting the questionnaire

QUESTIONNAIRE Four sections: A – Company identification information B – Employees C – Skills and experience D – Training programmes Structure of the questionnaire

EMPLOYEES Small < 50 employees 33% Medium < 250 employees 33% Large > 250 employees 33% Surveyed companies

EMPLOYEES Work categoryImportance Managerial 33% - experience 67% - qualifications and experience Accounting/financial 100% - qualifications and experience Technical 100% - qualifications and experience Marketing 17% - experience 50% - qualifications and experience 33% - no answer Semi-skilled 83% - experience 17% - qualifications and experience Unskilled 100% - experience Importance of qualifications and experience

EMPLOYEES All of the companies employ university graduates Satisfied – 83% Completely satsified – 17% Performance of university graduates

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Do not have problems finding suitably qualified and people with relevant experience – 67% SkillImportance Soft skills 100% - important Specialist skills 50% - important 50% - very important Technical skills 100% - very importnat Managerial and Administration skills 100% - important Semi-skilled 17% - important Do have problems finding suitably qualified and people with relevant experience – 33% 67%33% Shortage of skills

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 17% 32% 17% National Employment Agency, internet, newspapers, recommendations National Employment Agency, educational institutions, recomendations National Employment Agency, educational institutions, internet recomendations Only recommendations Only National Employment Agency Channels for finding people

TRAINING PROGRAMMES 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 in companies

TRAINING PROGRAMMES -Training is budgeted in annual business plans of businesses 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. Training programmes in companies

CONCLUSIONS -Lack of interest from businesses -The questionnaire was generally understandable -Satisfaction with the performance of university graduates -Most companies provide training for their employees -Additional training for technical and soft skills -A different approach for the broader survey Conclusions and recommendations

Thank you for the attention! Szarvas June 20, 2009