Employer Voices, Employer Demands, and Implications for Public Skills Development Policy

Educators believe that they are adequately preparing youth for the labor market while employers lament the lack of skills. A possible source of the mismatch in perceptions is that employers and educators have different understandings of the types o...

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Main Authors:	Cunningham, Wendy, Villasenor, Paula
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSTRACT THINKING ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ADOLESCENCE ADULT LITERACY ADULTS ATTENTION BASIC LITERACY BASIC NUMERACY BASIC SKILLS BELIEFS CAREERS CBI CHILD DEVELOPMENT CLASSROOM COGNITION COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS COGNITIVE TEST COGNITIVE TESTS COMMUNICATION SKILLS COMPETENCE COMPETENCIES COMPUTER LITERACY COMPUTER SKILLS CONTROL GROUPS COUNTRY STUDIES CREATIVITY CRITICAL THINKING CURRICULUM DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY STIMULATION EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION PROVIDERS EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATORS EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMPATHY ENTREPRENEURSHIP ETHICS GENDER GENERAL EDUCATION GIRLS GRADE LEVELS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION PROCESSING INSTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE JOB TRAINING LANGUAGE SKILLS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LEARNING PROCESSES LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LITERACY SURVEY LOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOWER LEVELS OF EDUCATION MATHEMATICS MEMORY MENTORS MOTIVATION NUMERACY NUTRITION OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE OCCUPATIONS ORAL COMMUNICATION PAPERS PARENTAL GUIDANCE PEDAGOGICAL METHODS PEDAGOGY PERCEPTION PERSONALITY PERSONALITY TRAITS PHYSICS PLAYING PRIMARY SCHOOL PROBLEM SOLVING PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE PROFICIENCY RATES OF RETURN READING REASONING RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOL CLUBS SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL DROPOUTS SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SKILL ACQUISITION SKILL DEVELOPMENT SKILL PREFERENCES SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS ACQUISITION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL PROCESSES SOCIAL SKILLS SPORTS STUDENT ASSESSMENT TEACHING TEACHING METHODS TECHNICAL TRAINING TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TRAINING PROGRAMS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SKILLS WORK EXPERIENCE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUTH
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Employer Voices, Employer Demands, and Implications for Public Skills Development Policy

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