Gweithdy 4
Workshop 4
Gwneud i Wybodaeth am y Farchnad Lafur Weithio
Making Labour Market Information Work
Sarah Finnegan-Dehn, Gyrfa Cymru / Careers Wales
NTfW Conference 2015 / Cynhadledd NTfW 2015
Making Labour Market Information Work
Sarah Finnegan-Dehn – Director of Development
Sue Ed Davies – Information Co-ordinator
Workshop agenda
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What Labour Market Information (LMI) does
Careers Wales provide?
What are the sources of LMI?
Developing provision to meet skills needs
Context in Wales
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Skills Implementation Plan
Regional Skills Partnership
Budget constraints
Roles and responsibilities
Employers role
The importance of LMI
‘Accurate, comprehensive, up-to-date, accessible and
relevant LMI must form the basis of properly informed
career pathway decisions for clients and those responsible
for advising individuals and/or formulating policies on LMI
trends’
Future Ambitions 2010
‘The use of current labour market intelligence has become
recognised as an essential tool in the planning of a fit for
purpose curriculum which will meet the needs of future
learners and employers.’
Welsh Government
LMI research (Year 11)
Sources used by clients:
• Careers Advisers (formal) – 84%
• Careerswales.com (formal)– 81%
• Family and friends(informal) – 84%
Formal sources were identified as being most
useful
90% of students believe it is easy to find LMI
Nearly all students (96%) claim to have taken into
account LMI when deciding on their next step
Career Check Survey
The career check survey was undertaken with year 10
pupils across Wales in 2015
• Help prioritise Careers Wales services
• Establish the level of career management skills
• Identify career intrests
Number interested in each occupation – as 1st choice
only
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1734
1691
1440
Source – Career Check survey of year 10 pupils 2015
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1190
1157
1005
994
First Occupational preference of those seeking an
Apprenticeship as first choice next step
300
274
250
200
150
170
120
100
50
0
Source – Career Check survey of year 10 pupils 2015
85
63
59
56
49
First occupational preference of those seeking college
as first choice next step
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1734
1691
1440
Source – Career Check survey of year 10 pupils 2015
1234
1190
1157
1005
994
First occupational preference of those seeking school
as first choice next step
1200
1083
1000
800
771
711
600
400
200
0
Source – Career Check survey of year 10 pupils 2015
612
599
533
508
476
LMI for clients – what is it?
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How easy is it to get in? (Competition)
How do I get in? (Progression routes)
What’s the pay like? (Rewards)
What are the local jobs? (Geographical availability)
Can I get into this area of work? (Skills)
What are the entry requirements? (Qualifications)
What jobs will be available in the future? (Trends)
LMI sourcing – Careers Wales
• Research quantitative information
* Working Futures
* Stats Wales
* Employer skills survey
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SSC’s
Employer Engagement
Career Check – YP aspirations
Annual Destination Survey
LMI – What do we do with it?
• Convert information into intelligence
• Integrate LMI into our service delivery to better match
supply with demand, including the use of it through
our face to face and digital offer
• Make LMI accessible, clear and visually attractive
• Share with partners
LMI – Some of our products
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Career Search
Job Information
Job Matching Quiz
Job Trends
CW App – Career Search
Real time LMI:
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AMS
JGW
CiW
CAP
Meeting the needs of the LM?
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Supply v Demand
Priority sectors v Growth sectors
Replacement jobs v New jobs
Skills shortages v Skills gaps
Low level skills v High level skills
Current workforce v New labour market
entrants
• Reactive v Proactive
Jobs Growth by Sector in Wales (‘000’s) 2012 to 2022
25
20
15
10
5
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Working Futures 2012
Jobs openings by occupational groups in Wales (‘000’s) 2012 to 2022
60
50
40
30
20
10
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Working Futures 2012
LMI to influence
RLP’s Supply and Demand Assessments
• Investigate areas of vocational delivery
within FE
• Apprenticeships – future allocation for the
region
Training the workforce across the age range will
require the development of new, relevant and
progressive qualifications, approaches and
pathways
Supply Demand Assessments
South East
South West &
Central
North
Advanced Material
and Manufacturing
Tourism
Advanced Material
and Manufacturing
ICT
Energy and
Environment
Energy and
Environment
Construction
Health and Social
Care
Construction
Financial and
Professional services
Financial and
Professional services
Food & Farming
Creative Industries
Care and Personal
Tourism
Case Study – North Wales
Wrexham Prison
• Community involvement
• Education centre on site
• FE/HE and schools involvement
• 50% of labour will come from local workforce
• 100 Apprenticeship opportunities
• Awarded CITB National Skill Academy Status for Construction
• Employment and Skills Symposium to explore ways of delivering
local commitments relating to apprenticeships, work placements
and local employment.
• Jobs Fairs for the prison agreed with Ministry of Justice and
NOMS
LMI Sources
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Careers Wales www.careerswales.com/en/
Working Futures data.gov.uk/dataset/working-futures
Learning, Skills and Innovation Partnership www.lskip.wales/
Regional Learning Partnership SWWC www.rlpsww.org.uk/
North Wales Economic Observatory nwef.infobasecymru.net/IAS
National Learning and Skills Observatory (LSO) www.learningobservatory.com
Welsh Government Priority Sector Statistics gov.wales/statistics-andresearch/priority-sector-statistics/?lang=en
Sector Skills Councils www.fisss.org/sector-skills-council-body
Stats Wales statswales.wales.gov.uk/Catalogue
NOMIS www.nomisweb.co.uk/
ONS www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.html
Prospects www.prospects.ac.uk
UKCES (Employer Skills Survey & Sector Insights)
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-commission-for-employment-andskills
Professional and Industrial bodies research e.g. CBI Education and Skills Survey
2015 http://news.cbi.org.uk/reports/education-and-skills-survey-2015/
Questions:
What are the barriers and opportunities in terms
of developing provision that meets the current
and future skills needs of Wales?
Employers/ infrastructure /funding/ learners
What examples of good practice in developing
provision in response to Labour Market needs in
Wales are there?
Diolch yn fawr
Thank You
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