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Recommendations Report: Responding to Changes in the Future Labour Market to Support Workers at Greatest Risk

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Title: Recommendations Report: Responding to Changes in the Future Labour Market to Support Workers at Greatest Risk
Language: English
Authors: Luke Bocock, Jude Hillary, National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) (United Kingdom)
Source: National Foundation for Educational Research. 2024.
Availability: National Foundation for Educational Research. The Mere, Upton Park, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2DQ, UK. Tel: +44-1753-574123; Fax: +44-1753-637280; e-mail: enquiries@nfer.ac.uk; Web site: http://www.nfer.ac.uk
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 28
Publication Date: 2024
Sponsoring Agency: Nuffield Foundation (United Kingdom)
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education
Descriptors: Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Career Change, Demand Occupations, Emerging Occupations, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications, Barriers, Skill Development, Adult Education, Skill Obsolescence, Futures (of Society)
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)
ISBN: 978-1-916567-19-1
Abstract: The labour market is changing. Twelve million people work in occupations that are projected to decline, putting them at higher risk of losing their jobs. This report provides recommendations for supporting more of these workers in to successfully transition into growing areas of the labour market. This is the first recommendations report to be published by The Skills Imperative 2035 programme, a five-year research programme which aims to help government, business, and other stakeholders address future skills shortages by identifying the skills that will be most vital across the labour market, estimating future gaps in these skills, examining the determinants of skill development, and identifying the groups most at risk of changes in employment and skills requirements between now and 2035. This report draws on evidence in the five working papers published through the programme to date. These recommendations are based on perspectives and ideas shared by a panel of experts that attended a roundtable event run by National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) in October 2024. Experts were asked to consider the collective response required to support workers at greatest risk, using findings to date from through The Skills Imperative 2035. In particular, this reports considers the implications of research findings in the fifth working paper and explores the barriers and solutions to supporting more workers in high-risk occupations to change careers.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED676503
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The labour market is changing. Twelve million people work in occupations that are projected to decline, putting them at higher risk of losing their jobs. This report provides recommendations for supporting more of these workers in to successfully transition into growing areas of the labour market. This is the first recommendations report to be published by The Skills Imperative 2035 programme, a five-year research programme which aims to help government, business, and other stakeholders address future skills shortages by identifying the skills that will be most vital across the labour market, estimating future gaps in these skills, examining the determinants of skill development, and identifying the groups most at risk of changes in employment and skills requirements between now and 2035. This report draws on evidence in the five working papers published through the programme to date. These recommendations are based on perspectives and ideas shared by a panel of experts that attended a roundtable event run by National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) in October 2024. Experts were asked to consider the collective response required to support workers at greatest risk, using findings to date from through The Skills Imperative 2035. In particular, this reports considers the implications of research findings in the fifth working paper and explores the barriers and solutions to supporting more workers in high-risk occupations to change careers.
ISBN:978-1-916567-19-1