Labour Market Survey:
A labour market survey is a survey designed to extract the following information:
- A company’s employment profile
- Current job opportunities
- Proposed job dislocations
- Present vacancies
- A company’s training profile
- A company’s employability needs (inclusive of attitudinal qualities, life skills requirements and current staff productivity)
This information allows users to:
- Monitor type of training which has occurred;
- Determine areas where more training is needed;
- Provide realistic assessments of current and future labour and employment patterns;
- Generate policies for employment and training;
- Labour market statistics are obtained through sector surveys. These are completed over a four – six month period and
- A combination of both quantitative (survey instrument with closed-ended questions) and qualitative methodologies (focus groups) are used to extract information from the employers.
The information from these surveys can be used by:
- Students
- Training Providers
- Employers
- Researchers
- Government Stakeholders
- Private Sector Stakeholders