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Clare Foster. Head CEIAG Making Your Choices 5 th March 2013. What You Need to Know to Make Your Choices. Changes in the NI economy. Future employment opportunities Skills employers want. Where can you access information? Working together to meet the challenge. Programme for Government - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Clare FosterHead CEIAG
Making Your Choices5th March 2013
What You Need to Know to Make Your Choices
• Changes in the NI economy.
• Future employment opportunities
• Skills employers want.
• Where can you access information?
• Working together to meet the challenge.
Programme for Government
Priority No 1: Growing the Economy
Increase Exports
Invest in Innovation & R&D
Invest in Skills
Increase Job Numbers and Job Quality
NI better off than a decade ago – but it will still take time to recover fully
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1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
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NI: Total employment (job-based)
Source: DETI, LFS, Oxford Economics
Forecast
Return to peak employment
2017
Future Prospects
Challenges – but opportunities too
• Local economic conditions remain challenging
• But real opportunities for growth if we can succeed in export markets
• Some very clear messages about current and future skill needs.
• Important that Labour Market Information harnessed and used to help people shape career decisions
• But other factors important too including employer engagement/ Career attractiveness agenda
• Having the right skills and qualifications in the right areas is critical to drive future success
Where will the Future Employment Opportunities be?
Some of our Recent Investors
Other Key Sectors....
Advanced Materials and Engineering(aerospace, electrical, electronics, automotive, renewables)
AgrifoodLife & Health SciencesTourism/LeisureNew emphasis on languages (Global market
place)
Jobs Areas
501 IT Development, Back Office Admin, LPO - Legal
106 Marketing
317 HR, Finance, LPO - Legal
359 FS IT Development, Service Delivery, Project Management
90 FS IT Development, Project Management
242 R&D Product Development, Sales, Marketing
45 HR Consulting, Risk and Actuarial – Pensions management
50 IT Development
104 IT Development, Product development, Engineering
85 IT Development, Project Management
297 Call Centre, Customer service and Management
109 IT Development, Product development, Sales
130 R&D Product Development, Engineering
102 Legal
Recent Projects
In the last 10 years 78% of new FDI jobs have been in business & financial services and software
Skills employers want
Highly skilled and well educated people is consistently cited as the most important reason for international investment in NI
Skills Shortages
• Skills Gaps/Skills Shortages exist in NI
• Employers in range of engineering disciplines (electrical, chemical) have cited difficulties in securing staff in NI
• Estimated that there are 400 unfilled software development vacancies in NI
Skills Pressures
• War on Talent....worldwide demand for software engineers
• Not just academic ability – employability skills (interpersonal/ communication etc) are vital
• Yet, there is a large oversupply in other areas
Where can I Access Information to Help in the Decision Making Process?
www.nidirect.gov.uk/careers
Working together to meet the challenge
Align Interests
Ambition
Awareness