Skilled workforce
Alternative labels
Skilled labour
21st Century work skills
Report
Australia’s tech jobs opportunity – cracking the code to Australia’s best jobs
This report argues that tech jobs are a key source of social mobility in Australia. They are one of the best and most certain way that any Australian can improve or maintain their standard of living.
Report
Upskilling and reskilling: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employers and their training choices
The challenge for the vocational education and training (VET) system in Australia will be to ensure that it continues to adapt and innovate its services in a responsive way - one that meets employer skill needs. The findings in this report indicate that a sizeable proportion of businesses are now looking to training to help...
Journal article
Students’ workplace readiness: assessment and skill-building for graduate employability
This study introduces a new approach for the competence development of the socio-technical aspect. The curriculum of the Project Management (PM) course taught in degree programs concentrates largely on imparting technical knowledge. Current research seeks to direct the attention of the PM curriculum towards Personal Competencies as well. PM studies not only require a project...
Policy report
Closing the UK's green skills gap
This paper argues that training up the workforce will enable the UK government to marry its environmental aims with its economic and social ambitions.
Report
2016 Debian Project survey: work and volunteers
The Debian survey, held in 2016, marked the first stage of an inquiry into the relationship between volunteer work in free and open source software and broader dimensions of work and employment. This report outlines the key findings from the research.