Workforce Skills in the Eyes of the Employers : Results of the Georgia STEP Employer Skills Survey

The objective of this note is to present the results of the recently completed employer skills survey, and to discuss their policy implications. The analysis finds that there is a skills shortage in Georgia despite high unemployment. It is difficult for employers, especially in the modern sector, to find workers with the required skills. Employers demand not only ‘hard’ technical skills, but also ‘soft’ social and behavioural skills (such as openness to experience) as well as higher-order cognitive skills (such as problem solving and creative thinking). And these are the skills that young Georgians often lack. Box one summarizes the main results of the analysis and shows the core employability skills that young workers lack most often. The note is organized as follows. Section one looks at the supply of and demand for skills, and shows that, despite high unemployment, there is a skills shortage. Section two examines the demand for skills more closely. It identifies skills that determine the employers hiring decisions, and skills that young job applicant most frequently lack. Section three focuses on firm organized training as a way of coping with a skills shortage. Section four concludes and discusses policy implications of the analysis.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Rutkowski, Jan
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-11-29
Subjects:	SKILLS, JOBS, EMPLOYMENT, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, COLLEGE, PERSONALITY, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, SKILLED WORKERS, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, LABOR MARKET NEEDS, WHITE COLLAR WORKERS, UNIVERSITY GRADUATES, NUMERACY, TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, GROUPS, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, HIGH SCHOOL, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, CLERICAL WORKERS, HIGHER EDUCATION, CAREER, JOB, GENERAL EDUCATION, COLLEGE DEGREE, TECHNICAL SKILLS, SKILLED PROFESSIONALS, WAGE LEVEL, FIRM SIZE, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, JOB SEEKERS, LITERACY, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATED WORKERS, LABOR MARKET, TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, CRITICAL THINKING, CAREER CHOICES, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT POLICIES, UNEMPLOYED WORKERS, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, SOCIAL SKILLS, GRADUATE, WORKER, CRAFTSMEN, SECONDARY SCHOOL, UNEMPLOYED, OLDER WORKERS, PRIMARY CONCERN, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, GRADUATES, EDUCATION SYSTEM, RESEARCH, JOB TRAINING, LABOR, HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR, PROBLEM SOLVING, SOCIOLOGISTS, SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES, READING, UNEMPLOYMENT, TECHNOLOGY, CAREER PROSPECTS, SKILL GROUPS, FIRM ENTRY, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, HUMAN CAPITAL, PRODUCTIVE FIRM, WORKERS, LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS, YOUNG WORKERS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION, SCHOOLS, LABOR DEMAND, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, CURRICULA, SKILL SHORTAGES, CLERKS, JOB VACANCIES, JOB TURNOVER, OCCUPATIONS, OCCUPATION, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, SCHOOL GRADUATES, LANGUAGE LITERACY, WORKFORCE SKILLS, JOB CREATION, EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM, PAYROLL TAXES, PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH, MANAGEMENT, SKILLED LABOR, TERTIARY LEVEL, ADVANCED SKILLS, ETHICS, COGNITIVE SKILLS, WRITING, QUALITY EDUCATION, EMPLOYABILITY, EDUCATION, WORKING CONDITIONS, INVESTMENT, LITERACY LITERACY, EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY, PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, RURAL AREAS, LABORERS, EMPLOYEE, YOUNG PEOPLE, COLLEGE GRADUATES, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, UNIVERSITY, STUDENTS, COMMUNICATION, LEADERSHIP, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, SCHOOL, SECONDARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY EDUCATION, LABOR MARKET INFORMATION, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, CREATIVE THINKING, EMPLOYEES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24919389/workforce-skills-eyes-employers-results-georgia-step-employer-skills-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22531
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