employer skills survey

Collection of data on employers’ present and future skills and qualifications needs (type and level) and associated skill mismatches, gaps and shortages, to develop proactive, long-term employment as well as education and training policies and strategies.

Comment

An employer skills survey may focus on:

  • occupational structure: workforce composition and changes in this structure over time;
  • vacancies: understanding current skill needs;
  • skills: identification of most important or frequently needed skills;
  • training: actions organised or planned to address current and future skill needs;
  • job-related tasks: analysis of production processes and skills needed to perform the related tasks adequately.
Source

ETF, 2017b; ETF / Cedefop / International Labour Office, 2017.

Related term(s)
Adult education survey (AES)
Continuing vocational training survey (CVTS)
European company survey (ECS)
European skills and jobs survey (ESJS)
European working conditions surveys (EWCS)
Labour force survey