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Spot on! Identifying and tracking skill needs Fabio Manca Labour Market Economist, Employment, Labour, and Social Affairs Directorate, Skills and Employability Division, OECD
What do we mean by “Skill mismatch”?
Some definitions
Qualification mismatch:
Over or under-qualification
A graduate working in a call centre
Field of study mismatch
An engineer working as a builder in
construction
Too many workers are mismatched,
over or under-qualified
Finland: 28%
Germany: 37%
Czech Republic: 16%
Portugal: 41%
Greece: 43%
Source: OECD Skills for Jobs Database
4 Quiz time! Points! Where is qualification mismatch the highest across EU countries? Ireland Spain France Italy
Mismatch is pervasive
80 million workers
in European
countries are
mismatched by
Field of Study qualifications
mismatch
Substantial
wage penalty
• - for workers
mismatched by
field and
13 M 10 M 9M
qualifications
Source: OECD Skills for Jobs Database
2 Quiz time! Points! How much less would you earn per year if you were mismatched by qualifications and field in your job? 10% 16% 24% 30%
Wage penalties can be substantial
Mismatched by field and over-qualified
Italy
- 4.000 EUR/year Germany
- 9.800 EUR/year
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Source: Montt (2015)
Mismatches can co-exist with
Shortages
Manpower talent Shortage Survey -2015
Japan Vacancies remain
Greece
Mexico
unfilled for too long
Turkey
New Zealand
Hungary
Germany
Australia 1.3 M Delays in production
Switzerland
Poland
Sweden
Austria
OECD (27)
United States
Canada Re-training costs
Norway
France
Slovak Republic
Italy
Slovenia
>1 M firms
Belgium face skills Slow adoption of
Finland shortages technologies
Czech Republic
UK
Spain
Netherlands
Ireland
0 20 40 60 80 100
The OECD Skills for Jobs
database
A more objective measure is needed Subjective (opinions) vs Hard-data
How does the S4J data work?
What boils under the hood
Wages
24
ICT professionals
22
Hours 20
Worked
18 Shortage
16
Employment
14
Overall economy
12
Unemployment 10
8
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Talent matchRanking Occupational Imbalances
1
Shortage /
2 … Hard to fill
32
Surplus/
33 Easy to fillMoving from Occupations to Skills
Knowledge requirements Skills and Abilities
Education and Training Oral and Written
comprehension
Complex problem
Psychology Biology Physics Critical Thinking Solving
Construction Food prod. Transportation ICT Dexterity Strength StaminaRanking of Skills in Shortage
France
0.30
0.20
0.10
0.00
-0.10OECD Skills for Jobs Database
Occupational Results2
Quiz time! Points!
How many of the jobs that are in
high-demand are “high-skilled”
ones (average OECD)?
9 out 7 out 5 out 3 out
of 10 of 10 of 10 of 100% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Finland
Netherlands
Norway
Iceland
Sweden
Luxembourg
Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
Health-care Executives Teaching
New Zealand
High-skill
France
Italy
Denmark
Science
and Eng.
Estonia
Ireland
hard-to-fill?
Austria
High-skilled
Lithuania
OECD
ICT prof.
Spain
Latvia
Portugal
United States
Medium-skilled
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
Slovenia
Greece
Low-skilled
Czech Republic
Poland
Slovak Republic
Personal Building Metal &
Hungary
Medium-skill
Chile
Mexico
Bulgaria
Romania
Handicraft
Service & trades machinery & creatives
Argentina
South Africa
Turkey
Brazil
Peru
Agriculture
Low-skill
Where and what are the jobs that areWhat’s happening to skill
demands?Shortages
-0.20 -0.10 0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30
Written Expression
Oral Expression
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Oral Comprehension
Fluency of Ideas
Originality
Mathematical Reasoning
Speech Recognition
Category Flexibility
Number Facility
Speed of Closure
cognitive skills
Memorization
Selective Attention
First year
Visualization
Explosive Strength
Finger Dexterity
Peripheral Vision
Increasing gap in demand
Final year
Wrist-Finger Speed
Spatial Orientation
Response Orientation
Depth Perception
Gross Body Equilibrium
Reaction Time
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Control Precision
Stamina
Manual Dexterity
Increasing demand for high-level
Trunk Strength
Static Strength
Surpluses4
Quiz time! Points!
What is the occupation that
requires the most
Critical Thinking skills?
Surgeons Judges and Aerospace Arbitrators,
Magistrates Engineers Mediators,
and
ConciliatorsQuiz time!
What is your score?
4 to 8 >4 Points
8<
Points Need to
Skill
Expert check our
Skill Skills for
Master Jobs portal
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