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Labour Market Information

 
 
If you want to know: -

  • What are current and future skill needs for employment?
  • What are your chances of finding a job in a particular field?
  • What kinds of jobs are on the increase?
  • What jobs are disappearing?
The answers are all within this section:

Research & Evaluation Branch

N.I. Skills Task Force

Economic Research Institute of NI (ERINI)(formerly NIERC)

Social Economy, Belfast

Sector Skills Councils (SSCs)

Sector Training Councils (STCs)

DETI Labour Market Statistics



Research & Evaluation Branch

Research and Evaluation branch aims to carry out relevant research and evaluation services in relation to Labour Market Information/Intelligence.

They produce the following publications: -

Labour Market Bulletin





(Published annually, the Labour Market Bulletin includes summarised findings of research projects carried out on behalf of the Department for Employment and Learning). Available on the web

****Please note this is an extremely large publication and will take some time to download*****     click here

Their other publications are only available in hard copy from: -

Tel: 028 90 257686

Status - A Socio-Economic Study Of Young People On The Margin - January 1997

The profile of young people aged 16-17 who are not in education, training or employment (henceforth Status )his report reviews the background to the study and presents the main findings of the research.

Young People and Social Exclusion in Northern Ireland - Status 4 Years on - 2000

A follow-up research project on the subsequent labour market experiences of the original cohort of young people four years on. The research is primarily motivated by the wide disparity between low Status levels at 16-17 and high unemployment levels at 18+. This report presents the findings of this new research.

Belfast Area Perceptions Study: Mobility Employment and Exclusion

The aim of this research was to investigate what relatively disadvantaged young people in Belfast knew about the geography of job opportunities in the city and the locations were they would be prepared to work.

A Case Study in Successful Employability - April 2004

The purpose of this research/case study was to identify the factors, which led to a successful employability experience for both the employer, and those recruited into jobs. It examined the processes, strengths and weaknesses of the integrated Sandy Row Community Forum / Days Hotel Belfast Employability Initiative.

Young People, Unemployment Duration and the New Deal in Northern Ireland.

Purpose of the research was to investigate the probability of persons in the 18-24 years age group, leaving the JSA register after different lengths of time unemployed, before and after the introduction of New Deal for Young People.

Note: A number of Evaluations of the New Deal programmes have also been carried out. These can be accessed through the Department's web site. Click here


Economic Research Institute of NI (ERINI)
(formerly NIERC)

A centre of excellence in skills forecasting. It has set up the Priority Skills Research Unit to research skill areas identified as critical to the N.I. economy. It provides the Northern Ireland Skills Task Force with projections of the likely supply/demand balance in skills,  Click here for more detail and their publications

Social Economy, Belfast

Social Economy, Belfast(SEB) is a consortium of agencies, which came together in 2005 to deliver a Belfast Local Strategy Partnership funded programme of support for new and developing social businesses in the Belfast area.

The consortium is made up of several organisations who work in the economic and social development arena in Belfast. They are Work West, South Belfast Partnership Board, East Belfast Enterprise and the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities (NICEM).

The idea behind Social Economy Belfast is to collectively support the social economy sector in Belfast and its surrounding areas. Among ethnic minority communities SEB creates new social economy projects, new social enterprise ideas, new jobs within social enterprises and new opportunities for new and existing social enterprises to expand and grow.



Sector Skills Councils (SSCs)

Independent UK wide organisations developed by groups of influential employers in industry or business sectors of economic or strategic significance.

Each SSC will agree sector priorities and targets with its employers and partners to address four key goals:


  • Reducing skills gaps and shortages
  • Improving productivity, business and public service performance
  • Increasing opportunities to boost the skills and productivity of everyone in the sector's workforce, including action on equal opportunities
  • Improving learning supply, including apprenticeships, higher education and national occupational standards
For more information Click on the SSC, which is relevant to you: -

 

DETI Labour Market Statistics

For statistical information on employment, unemployment, the economically inactive, regional analysis/trends and more.
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