Workforce professional skills development in times of economic crisis

Abstract

Using unique individual-level data on the continuous professional training courses completed over the period 20072011 this paper addresses a topic a major concern for policy-makers and businesses in the light of the recent transformations emerging markets have suffered during the global financial crisis. The paper presents the analysis of the evolution of the demand for continuous professional training and the changes in the structure of the demand under the circumstances of the economic crisis. Findings reveal a significantly higher demand for continuous professional training for acquiring new qualifications in jobs requiring low educational attainment and competences in foreign languages and information technology in 2008 and 2009, while specializing and performance trainings in qualifications requiring secondary and tertiary education registered a significant increase during 2010 and 2011. More so, the average skill level of professional training is on the rise, demonstrating an increased preference for highly skilled jobs, in the detriment of the low skilled jobs.

Keywords

employees;workforce development;skills;qualifications;continuing education;training;economic crisis;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2013
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UP - University of Primorska
UDC:	658.3:374.7
COBISS:	4776663
ISSN:	1854-4231
Parent publication:	Management
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Other data

Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	zaposleni;profesionalni razvoj;veščine;kvalifikacije;usposabljanje;izobraževanje;ekonomska kriza;
URN:	URN:NBN:SI
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	str. 139-155, 176
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ8
Issue:	ǂno. ǂ2
Chronology:	summer 2013
Keywords (UDC):	applied sciences;medicine;technology;uporabne znanosti;medicina;tehnika;communication and transport industries;accountancy;business management;public relations;komunikacije in transport;knjigovodstvo;poslovni menedžment;stiki z javnostjo;business management;administration;commercial organization;poslovni menedžment;administracija;komercialna organizacija;human relations in the enterprise;personnel management;medčloveški odnosi v podjetju;kadrovsko upravljanje;social sciences;družbene vede;education;vzgoja in izobraževanje;šolstvo;pouk;education and training out of school;further education;izobraževanje in vzgoja zunaj šole;izobraževanje odraslih;dodatno izobraževanje;
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