Evaluation of labor skills in Latvia
Date
2019
Authors
Purmalis, Karlis
Jekabsone, Sandra
Kassalis, Edgars
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University of Latvia
Abstract
Skills are a decisive factor for the country's economic development and social-well-being. The OECD
emphasizes that strips can help countries integrate into global markets and specialize in technological advanced industries,
and countries need to invest in fields not only to help people enter the labour market and protect from the risk of job losses
and low quality of work, but also to increase international competitiveness and economic progress in an interlinked world.
The aim of the research is to evaluate the most demanded labour skills in Latvia within the framework of certain groups
of professions, as well as trends in the demand changes according to the skills of employees in order to better identify the
specialists and their activities required for the national economy in accordance with the needs of the national economy.
A matrix of skill set was developed within the framework of the study, which summarizes the skills characteristic of each
occupation group according to their importance, as well as the list of the most bonded strips in the Latvian market (Top
10). By analyzing the scraps groups corresponding to the occupational groups, it concluded that in all major occupational
groups among the most important skills mentioned to comply with the requirements of the regulatory enactments and
other regulatory documents, to plan and organize the work to be done, to work in the team/group, to communicate and
cooperate, and to self-educate, to new knowledge and skills.
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Keywords
labour skills , skill demand , skill set matrix , occupational groups , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Business and economics