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For a Trade Union version of the New skills for new jobs initiative Round Table : « Employees faced with the stakes of training, transition and professional mobility ». ETUC Conference September 2 nd /3rd 2010. 1- What are the main challenges for employees ?.
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For a Trade Union version of the New skills for new jobs initiativeRound Table : « Employeesfacedwith the stakes of training, transition and professionalmobility » ETUC Conference September 2nd/3rd 2010
1- What are the main challenges for employees? • To improve their competencies within their job and work • To have the possibility of a real professional carrer • To move from one company ( or sector) to another • In some cases to move through the different European countries • To succeed in the different types of transitions: • The entry into the labour market • The transition from temporary employment to a permanent contract • The solutions to redundancy and dismissal…
2- « How to empowerworkersfacing all types of occupational transitions? » • Through the good “mix” of knowledge and skills • Through relevant information about the changes concerning their job, the main trends about their company and sector : example of the recent THALES European agreement • Through regular career meetings inside the companies or outside • Through an appropriate guidance ( Management, Employment Services, local actors, unions...) : example of the learning representatives in Great Britain • Through training to garantee ongoing employability and “learning organizations”
3- Threekey points • The risk of a double polarisation of jobs : high skilled on one hand and elementary occupations on the other : how to improve the situation of low skilled people? ( See the New skills for new jobs EC Communication – 2008- and the synthesis of the 19 sector reports by Oxford Research) • The need to develop both initial education and continuous training : upgrading the skills only through initial education causes new difficulties – The example of the New Members States • The need to take in account the role of “learning outcomes” and to look for new ways to recognize them