Ireland has a high skills mismatch

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Skills Mismatch

Poor education, unemployment and the promise of skills: The hegemony of the “skills mismatch” discourse

2021 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 102381
Author(s):  
Fida Issa J. Adely ◽  
Ankushi Mitra ◽  
Menatalla Mohamed ◽  
Adam Shaham
Keyword(s):  
Skills Mismatch

Youth high unemployment/unemployability in South Africa: the unemployed graduates' perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zethembe Mseleku
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cooperative Effort ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
Skills Mismatch ◽  
Graduate Unemployment

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore youth graduate unemployment and unemployability as a development problem in South Africa.Design/methodology/approachThis exploratory study applied a qualitative research method to elicit the perspectives of youth graduates regarding their unemployment and unemployability. A total of 30 face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with unemployed youth who recently graduated from five South African universities.FindingsThe results indicate that, as youth graduate unemployment increases in South Africa, graduates become hopeless in terms of securing employment. The participants attributed their unemployment to multidimensional factors that include limited demand in the labour market, skills mismatch and lack of work experience.Research limitations/implicationsThis research exclusively focused on graduates from five South African universities; hence, the results of this small qualitative study cannot be generalised to the entire South African population. However, this paper offers important insights that may form the foundation for a nationwide study on a related topic.Originality/valueThis paper presents important insights that influence policy makers, government and other relevant stakeholders to develop alternative solutions to youth graduate unemployment. This paper recommends that government should play a critical role in bridging the gap between higher education and industry in order to address youth graduate unemployment. It also calls for a more cooperative effort between government, higher learning institutions and employers in order to create job opportunities for youth graduates in South Africa.

The New Skills Mismatch?

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 109-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Lundgren ◽  
Iris Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Skills Mismatch

scholarly journals Is a university degree still a worthwhile financial investment in Australia?

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-90
Author(s):  
Michael Craig Corliss ◽  
Anne Daly ◽  
Phil Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
Financial Investment ◽  
Skills Mismatch ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Full Time Employment

Since 2006 there have been significant changes in the labour market for university graduates, most notably the Global Financial Crisis of 2007 and the subsequent downturn in gross domestic product growth, and a huge expansion in university places. This article presents estimates of the monetary returns in Australia associated with the completion of bachelor degrees in 2016 for a range of fields of study and compares them to the estimates for 2006. The results show that for the median person, there are still good monetary incentives to complete these degrees and the private rate of return compares favourably with the long-term real bond rate. However, the article also concludes that the return to an individual investing in bachelor education had mostly declined in the period 2006–2016. There is, again, considerable variation between disciplines and for some, completion of a bachelor degree does not yield positive returns. The key factors determining the monetary rate of return are the discipline of the degree and the graduates’ subsequent labour force status. Graduates in full-time employment in most disciplines avoided being among those with low (or negative) rates of return. In addition, there is some evidence of skills mismatch and over skilling among the lowest paid university graduates.

The Great Skills Mismatch

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 62-62
Author(s):  
Lara K. Couturier
Keyword(s):  
Skills Mismatch

Qualifications mismatch and skills mismatch

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 619-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
Skills Mismatch
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