Preliminary TNA results

QUESTIONNAIRE

Presumptions:

-Shortages and mismatch of skills required by businesses

-Lack of adequate training programmes to meet skill requirements of businesses

-Institutional constraints between the education and enterprise sector

The main goal was to explore the nature and extent of skill shortages.

Drafting the questionnaire

QUESTIONNAIRE

Four sections:

A – Company identification information

B – Employees

C – Skills and experience

D – Training programmes

Structure of the questionnaire

EMPLOYEES

Small < 50 employees33%

Medium < 250 employees33%

Large > 250 employees33%

Surveyed companies

EMPLOYEES

Work category ImportanceManagerial 33% - experience

67% - qualifications and experienceAccounting/financial 100% - qualifications and

experienceTechnical 100% - qualifications and

experienceMarketing 17% - experience

50% - qualifications and experience33% - no answer

Semi-skilled 83% - experience17% - qualifications and experience

Unskilled 100% - experience

Importance of qualifications and experience

EMPLOYEES

All of the companies employ university graduates

Satisfied – 83%Completely satsified – 17%

Performance of university graduates

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Do not have problems finding suitably qualified and people with relevant experience – 67%

Skill ImportanceSoft skills 100% - importantSpecialist skills 50% - important

50% - very importantTechnical skills 100% - very importnatManagerial and Administration skills

100% - important

Semi-skilled 17% - important

Do have problems finding suitably qualified and people with relevant experience – 33%

67% 33%

Shortage of skills

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

17%

32%17%

17%

17%

National Employment Agency, internet, newspapers, recommendations

National Employment Agency, educational institutions, recomendations

National Employment Agency, educational institutions, internet recomendations Only recommendations

Only National Employment Agency

Channels for finding people

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

83% - does have training programmes17% - doesn’t have training programmes

17% 83% 40% 60%

60% - both in-house and external40% - in-house

Training programmes in companies

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

-Training is budgeted in annual business plans of businesses that provide them.

-Reasons for not having training programmes is lack of finances, but they are ready to invest in training sometimes in the future.

-Non of the business have problems finding training to meet their business needs.

Training programmes in companies

CONCLUSIONS

-Lack of interest from businesses

-The questionnaire was generally understandable

-Satisfaction with the performance of university graduates

-Most companies provide training for their employees

-Additional training for technical and soft skills

-A different approach for the broader survey

Conclusions and recommendations

Thank you for the attention!

SzarvasJune 20, 2009