1. Head of CEIAG Making Your Choices 3rd March 2015
Clare Foster
Head of CEIAG
Making Your Choices
3rd March 2015

2. What You Need to Know to Make Your Choices
Changes in the NI economy.
Future employment opportunities
Skills employers want.
Where can you access information?
Working together to meet the challenge.

3. Programme for Government Priority No 1: Growing the Economy
Increase Job Numbers and Job Quality
Increase Exports
Invest in Skills
Invest in Innovation & R&D

4. Future Prospects
NI better off than a decade ago – but it will still take time to recover fully

5. Challenges – but opportunities too
Local economic conditions remain challenging
But real opportunities for growth if we can succeed in export markets
Some very clear messages about current and future skill needs.
Important that Labour Market Information harnessed and used to help people shape career decisions
But other factors important too including employer engagement/ Career attractiveness agenda
Having the right skills and qualifications in the right areas is critical to drive future success

6. Where will the Future Employment Opportunities be?
Logical reasoning and Problem solving
Well paid – Computer Science grads
Jobs in today’s job market were not know 10 years ago

7. Some of our Recent Investors
Bluechip companies: NYSE Citi Allstate
Employment:

8. Other Key Sectors....
Advanced Materials and Engineering (aerospace, electrical, electronics, automotive, renewables)
Agrifood
Life & Health Sciences
Tourism/Leisure
New emphasis on languages (Global market place)

9. Recent Projects
Jobs
Areas
501
IT Development, Back Office Admin, LPO - Legal
106
Marketing
317
HR, Finance, LPO - Legal
359
FS IT Development, Service Delivery, Project Management 90
FS IT Development, Project Management
242
R&D Product Development, Sales, Marketing 45
HR Consulting, Risk and Actuarial – Pensions management 50
IT Development
104
IT Development, Product development, Engineering 85
IT Development, Project Management
297
Call Centre, Customer service and Management
109
IT Development, Product development, Sales
130
R&D Product Development, Engineering
102
Legal
In the last 10 years 78% of new FDI jobs have been in business & financial services and software

10. Skills employers want
Highly skilled and well educated people is consistently cited as the most important reason for international investment in NI

11. Skills Shortages Skills Gaps/Skills Shortages exist in NI
Employers in range of engineering disciplines (electrical, chemical) have cited difficulties in securing staff in NI
Estimated that there are 500 unfilled software development vacancies in NI

12. Skills Pressures
War on Talent....worldwide demand for software engineers
Not just academic ability – employability skills (interpersonal/ communication etc) are vital
Yet, there is a large oversupply in other areas

13. Where can I Access Information to Help in the Decision Making Process?

16. Accessed via the A to Z of jobs on the Careers Service website.

20. Working together to meet the challenge
Align Interests
Ambition
Awareness
Awareness: Raise Awareness/ Help Change Perceptions
Ambition: Raise Ambition (not just law/medicine!)
Align Interests: Understand the changing needs of employers and develop effective response