Description
Country
Focus area
The Occupational Compass is a guidance service that shows future prospects for approximately 200 professions. It is mainly aimed at people needing support in regards to career choice or people working with guidance. The occupational compass contains forecast information for one year. The assessment is based on the employment service's forecast work and is done at the local level. The results are then weighted for a regional and national assessment. The occupations in the Occupational Compass correspond to the largest and most common occupations in the labour market. The occupational compass covers approximately 80 percent of employment in the labour market.
Link
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Implementation level
At what level is the initiative implemented?
National
Legal base
Legal base (E.g. Law, regulation, implementing provision, other)
The legal base is not explicitly stated anywhere.
Starting period
TIMESPAN: In what year did the initiative commence?
The commencement of the initiative is not explicitly stated.
Policy area
To which POLICY AREAS(s) does the initiative apply?
Funding
How it is funded?
Funded by national government
Skill mismatch
Skill mismatch target
What type(s) of skills MISMATCH does the initiative aim to addresses?
Other
The Occupational Compass is not explicitly aimed at addressing skills mismatch, but it can help jobseekers or people making career choices with making informed decisions in regards to job competition and region.
Skills matching focus
How does the initiative address skills mismatches?
The Occupational Compass is not explicitly aimed at addressing skills mismatch, but it can help jobseekers or people making career choices with making informed decisions in regards to job competition and region. Furthermore, the initiative contains foresight, which enables e.g., a jobseeker to assess the future possibilities within a given career path.
Methods
Methods
What methods of undertaking skills assessments and / or skills anticipation does the policy instrument utilise?
Skills forecasting
The Occupational Compass has forecasts information 1 and 5 years into the future regarding the competitiveness of the profession. These forecasts are available for each county.
Skills foresight
The Occupational Compass has forecasts information 1 and 5 years into the future regarding the competitiveness of the profession. These forecasts are available for each county.
Other
The Occupational Compass includes career descriptions to help make informed career choices.
Use of skills intelligence
How is labour market information / skills intelligence used within the initiative?
The Occupational Compass can help people working with career guidance by providing information about the competitiveness of ca. 80 percent of the Swedish labour market.
Unemployed can use the Occupational Compass to inform which jobs they look for and in which county.
Stakeholders
Main responsible body
Main body or organisation with overall responsibility for the initiative.
National PES
The Swedish Public Employment Service
Other involved organisations
Which other organisations have a role in the initiative?
National PES
Sweden Statistics
Beneficiaries
Who are the intended beneficiaries?
Other
The beneficiaries are not explicitly stated, however, the occupational Compass can help people make informed career choices.
Sustainability
Success factors
SUCCESS FACTORS in the implementation
The success factors are not explicitly stated, but it is implied that the more people using the Occupational Compass to inform their career choices, the more of a success the initiative is.
Monitoring and evaluation
MONITORING and EVALUATION: Is progress measured regularly? What are the indicators used to measure progress of the policy instrument? Have any evaluations been conducted?
The initiative is neither monitored nor evaluated.
Updates
UPDATES: whether there have been any major updates of the initiative since it has been implemented?
Yes
The forecasts are updated once a year, no other major updates of the initiative.
Effectiveness
EVIDENCE ON EFFECTIVENESS: How effective is the policy instrument?
Due to the absence of evaluations and monitoring, there is no evidence of the effectiveness of the initiative.
Sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY: How sustainable is the policy instrument? Do you expect the instrument to continue over the next few years and why?
The Occupational Compass covers almost all of the Swedish labour market and the competition in different jobs in almost every Swedish county. Thus, the Occupational Compass has great coverage regarding both geography and occupations. Therefore, it is likely that the initiative continues over the next few years.
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