03/11/2014
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Evolving demands for skills and competencies in key economic sectors are highlighted in a series of studies carried out for the European Commission.
On the one hand, European companies efforts to sustain competitiveness
in an increasingly competitive world drive a strong demand for high
skilled professionals. On the other hand, the growth of service industries
drives a steady demand for both high skilled and low skilled workers. At the
same time, off-shoring of production activities is lowering the number of
skilled jobs in Europe. All economic sectors report a need for continuous
up-skilling of the labour force among others driven by
internationalisation, specialisation, rising climate concerns, ICT and new
technological possibilities. To deepen the challenges for Europe even further,
most sectors also forecast a shrinking supply of labour available due to
the ageing of the European labour force.
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