A. Assessment and Monitoring (demand and supply for jobs and skills)

The assessment and regular monitoring of developments within the labour market, technological advances as well as relevant political and economic changes can ensure a relevant and holistic strategy for reskilling and upskilling (RS/US) staff. Central to this are skills foresight analysis, skills anticipation, and occupational forecasting. for building a sufficient and holistic strategy for reskilling and upskilling of staff. Additionally, these measures are important to making decision with regards to hiring additional staff. This chapter offers tools for companies to collate relevant data to inform decision-making concerning reskilling and upskilling measures

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Tools Included

A1. Guiding Questions for company skills foresight analysis

The Guiding Questions will support your team in finding relevant questions for skills anticipation and generate ideas for tackling issues relating to internal capacities of the staff making the planning of RS/US measures easier and more strategic.

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A2. Skills Anticipation Calculation

The calculators and the yearly forecast will help your company to identify staff shortages in different business sections and plan targeted RS/US interventions accordingly

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Further Resource

H4. Assessing how gender shapes access to skills and employability initiatives (British Council)

The gender analysis guidance tool comprises guiding questions based on a variety of labour market analysis areas. These questions scan and evaluate your company’s policies, cultural norms and beliefs, gender roles and responsibilities as well as access to resources and patterns of power and decision-making.

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Assessment Questions

Please answer the following questions. If your answer to any of the questions is “no”, please refer to the related tools proposed. If your answer is “yes”, you might want to have a look at the tools and see if you can improve or adapt your current procedures.

Does your organisation or company have a procedure in place, that systematically approaches skills foresight based on labor market developments?

No? -> Please Refer to 

A1. Guiding Questions for company skills foresight analysis

Yes? -> Proceed to the next question or review the tool to enhance your procedures.

Does your company use specific guidelines or procedures to plan RS/US measures easily and strategically?

No? -> Please refer to: 

Yes? -> Proceed to the next question or review the tool to enhance your procedures.

Does your company currently utilse calculators and yearly forecasts to identify staffing gaps in various business sections and plan targeted RS/US interventions accordingly?

No? -> Please refer to: