#SkillsSummit
Welcome #SkillsSummit #SkillsSummit Deputy Leader of Cllr. David Williams Hertfordshire County Council Executive Member responsible for Resources, Property & the Economy
The current employment market #SkillsSummit #SkillsSummit District Manager at JobCentre James Snelling Plus, Department of Work and Pensions
The Hertfordshire Skills Strategy #SkillsSummit #SkillsSummit Norman Jennings Skills & Employment Manager of Hertfordshire LEP
Hertfordshire Skills Strategy - Successes #SkillsSummit Objectives/targets • Increase in EET/reduction in NEET • Increase in Apprenticeship starts • Reduction in economically inactive • Focus on higher level skills • Support for SMEs Influencing Provision and funding • ESF (£14m) • LEP Skills Capital Funding (£8m) Local partnerships
Hertfordshire Skills Strategy – Future challenges #SkillsSummit • Continuing focus on current objectives • Transition from Education to employment • Focus on literacy, numeracy, digital skills • Up-skilling Herts residents • Support for SMEs • BREXIT • Industrial Strategy • National Careers Strategy • Apprenticeship Levy/Reform • T Levels/Institutes of Technologies
Proposed Skills Framework for education leavers #SkillsSummit #SkillsSummit Dr. Christopher Brown University of Hertfordshire
#SkillsSummit Hertfordshire Businesses’ Perspectives of a Skills Mismatch between Supply and Demand Presented by University of Hertfordshire/Herts LEP/HCC
Those businesses expecting/or not to employ 16 – 24 year olds in the next year (source: HEEPs, 2017) #SkillsSummit What do we conclude? Those businesses expecting/or not to employ Young People The majority of Other Hertfordshire businesses Art & Recreation Services expected to employ 16 – 24 Life and Medical Sciences year olds in the next 12 Education months. Admistrative Services 1. Strong sectors Financial & Professional Services Manufacturing & Information & Communication advanced Food & Accommodation manufacturing, Logistics Information & Retail & Wholesale communication Construction technologies, Art & recreational services; Manufacturing & Advanced Manufacturing 2. Stable sectors Utilities & Waste Management Life & health sciences, Agriculture & Mining Financial & professional 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 services, Food & Expect to Not Expect to accommodation
How work ready are young people (source: HEEPs 2017) #SkillsSummit HOW WORK READY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE What do we conclude? 16 year old School Leavers 17 - 18 year old School Leavers Hertfordshire businesses 17 - 18 year old FE College Leavers HE and University Leavers perceptions of work 52% 52% readiness are: School leavers 17 – 18 1. 45% 44% year olds Under 21% consider them well or very well work-ready 29% FE Leavers 17 – 18 year 2. 23% 21% olds 20% 19% 16% Over 29% consider them 15% 12% well or very well work- 11% 9% ready 7% 7% 5% 6% 5% 4% 3. University or HE Leavers Over 57% consider them V E RY W ELL W ELL A V E RA GE B E LOW A V E RA GE P OOR work ready.
What essential skills should young people demonstrate (source: HEEPs 2017) #SkillsSummit What Essential Skills should Young People Demonstrate 80 70 60 50 What do we conclude? 40 That employers view certain 30 knowledge, skills and experiences as more or less 20 essential. 10 1. Rank 1st 0 Respect and Good manners, teamwork, Literacy & Numeracy Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3
What valuable skills should young people demonstrate (source: HEEPs 2017) #SkillsSummit What Valuable Skills should Young People Demonstrate 50 45 What do we 40 conclude? 35 30 That employers view 25 certain knowledge, 20 skills and experiences 15 as more or less 10 valuable. 5 1. Ranked 1st 0 Respect and Good manners, Motivation & Ambition, Literacy & Numeracy Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3
What desirable skills should young people demonstrate (source: HEEPs 2017) #SkillsSummit What Desirable Skills should Young People Demonstrate 60 50 40 What do we conclude? That employers view certain 30 knowledge, skills and experiences as more or less 20 desirable. 10 1. Ranked 1st Qualifications, 0 Confidence, Business & Customer Awareness, Digital technology Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3
People, personal and practical skills framework (1) #SkillsSummit People, Personal and Hertfordshire Understanding Practical Skills Actively participate Motivation and Show Enthusiasm What do we conclude? Knowledge of the sector ambition Pursue aspirations and goals Employers have there own way of Willing to meet new people coping: Able to hold conversations with peers, manager and “ … we are generally happy with skills Confidence customers the school, college and university Recognise own strengths and able to present these leavers have. We do a lot of work with Listen and Learn Respect and good schools and colleges, and with Recognise the feelings of others manners universities to promote our organisation Be polite as a great place, we are always over- Remain calm subscribed. Our need has changed, we Commitment to get things done used to take hundreds of young people, Determination and Learn from mistakes and accept criticism we now have a small need for Resist distractions resilience graduates and school leavers. We are Adapt to changes focused on young people who are Flexible to cope with changing demands Adaptability confidence, determined and motivated. Able to apply knowledge to different situations ” [Large manufacturer] Apply simple mathematical concepts Understand simple arithmetic Numeracy Understand costs and expenditure
People, personal and practical skills framework (2) #SkillsSummit People, Personal and Hertfordshire Understanding Practical Skills Able to express yourself in writing What do we conclude? Understanding of business etiquette verbally and in Literacy writing Employers have there own way Able to explain yourself verbally of coping: “ … we have a real mix bag, some Understand commercial realities Business and customer school leavers who come to us are Able to professionally communicate with customers awareness not even computer literate, yet they Manage your time effectively can switch the machine on, and get applications up and running. But Cooperate with others using excel spreadsheets to do Teamwork Recognise skills in others Value contribution from others anything other than adding a row or column of numbers is beyond them. Investigate systematically So literacy and numeracy skills are Identify problems very essential, we are having to do a Analytical and Problem- solving skills Look for better ways and suggest solutions lot more at entry level then we would normally expect … even courses on Plan and organize tasks using the telephone! ” [Large Digital technology Understand the development in technology for business Wholesaler/Retailer] Qualifications Achieve qualifications
People, personal and practical skills framework (3) #SkillsSummit People, Personal and Practical Exeter University University of Kent Skills Using Initiative and being self motivated – New Action Planning ideas and personal drive Motivation and ambition Time Management Determination Communications and interpersonal skills – be Leadership skills clear and concise in both written and spoken Confidence Striving for excellence means Assertiveness Valuing diversity and difference – understanding - Respect and good manners and being considerate Working under pressure and to deadlines – Decision-making Determination and resilience Handling stress Ability to Learn and Adapt – enthusiastic about Adaptability Adaptability work Numeracy – using data and mathematics to Numeracy Numeracy support evidence Organisational Skills – plan work, monitor Making Effective Presentations progress and meet deadlines Spoken Communication Literacy Written Communication Language skills Negotiation Skills – acknowledge people’s Commercial Awareness Business and customer feelings and express your own, to work towards Persuading, influencing and negotiating skills awareness a win-win outcome Team-working – working well with others. Teamwork Teamworking Problem-solving skills – breaking a problem Problem-solving Analytical and Problem- down solving skills Lateral thinking Digital technology Computing skills - Qualifications
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