Getting Skills Right Career Guidance for Adults in Canada


Book Description

In the context of considerable labour market change, many adults in Canada are being challenged to consider alternative career paths, and to upskill or retrain. Career guidance has the potential to facilitate employment transitions: not only from the education system to the labour market, but also from unemployment to employment, and from declining to growing sectors.




Getting Skills Right Career Guidance for Adults in a Changing World of Work


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Career guidance is a fundamental policy lever to help adults successfully navigate a constantly evolving labour market through advice and information on job and training opportunities. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of career guidance services. This report scopes out initiatives in the area of career guidance for adults in OECD countries.




Getting Skills Right Strengthening Career Guidance for Mid-Career Adults in Australia


Book Description

In a rapidly changing world of work, adults in Australia are being challenged to upskill, retrain and consider alternative career paths. This report assesses the career guidance services that are currently available to mid-career adults in Australia and puts them into an international perspective.




Getting Skills Right Career Guidance for Adults in Latin America


Book Description

Career guidance for adults is a fundamental lever to help adults successfully navigate constantly evolving labour markets. As labour markets in Latin America are hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and mega trends such as globalisation and digitalisation continue to impact labour demand, support is urgently needed.




Getting Skills Right Career Guidance for Low-Qualified Workers in Germany


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In Germany, the three ‘Ds’ – Digitalisation, Decarbonisation and Demographic change – are dominating the headlines. Countless studies analyse the impact of these megatrends on the world of work and document how job profiles are changing. The growing demand for high-level cognitive skills and complex social interaction skills is challenging particularly low-qualified workers.




Getting Skills Right The New Workplace in Japan Skills for a Strong Recovery


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This report examines how skill requirements have been evolving in Japan prior and during the COVID-19 crisis. It examines changes in the skills composition of Japan’s workforce as well as policy efforts to improve the accessibility of career guidance, broaden training participation and foster the adoption of teleworking practices.







Getting Skills Right Assessing and Anticipating Skills for the Green Transition Unlocking Talent for a Sustainable Future


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Policies aimed at reducing the environmental impact of human activities have important consequences for labour markets, jobs, and skills. As employment is shifting towards more sustainable activities, workers are increasingly expected to have skills that support the transition to a greener economy.







Getting Skills Right Incentives for SMEs to Invest in Skills Lessons from European Good Practices


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Workers’ skills are an essential asset for firms to recover from the COVID-19 shock and succeed in the twin digital and green transitions. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) face special barriers to investing in human capital because of their size and more limited access to information and capital markets. This report identifies policies that are successful in promoting SMEs’ investment in the skills of employees, managers or entrepreneurs.