Futureskills Scotland - What Employers Think

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The views of employers towards the labour market are a crucial source of intelligence.

Futureskills Scotland has, since 2002, regularly surveyed employers to discover the issues that matter to those who employ people in Scotland and help to determine the direction of Scotland's labour market. The following links relate to survey reports and the questionnaires used to gather the data for analysis.

Skills in Scotland: Employer Skills Surveys

	Skills in Scotland 2006 - Extensive survey of employer's views in Scotland on matters relating to the labour market in 2004. The questionnaire is also available (2007, 50 pages).
	Skills in Scotland 2004 - Extensive survey of employer's views in Scotland on matters relating to the labour market in 2004. The questionnaire is also available (2004, pages).
	Skills in Scotland 2003 - Extensive survey of employer's views in Scotland on matters relating to the labour market in 2003. The questionnaire is also available (2003, pages).
	Skills in Scotland 2002 - Extensive survey of employer's views in Scotland on matters relating to the labour market in 2002. The questionnaire is also available (2002, pages).

Related Reports

	Skills in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland 2004 - Further analysis of the Scottish Employers Skill Survey 2004, with particular focus skills issues in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (2005, 44 pages)
	Skills in Rural Scotland 2004 - Further analysis of the Scottish Employers Skill Survey 2004, focussing on skills in the rural labour market in Scotland (2005, 42 pages).
	Employer Engagement with Further Education - Further analysis of the Scottish Employers Skill Survey 2004, with particular focus on the extent to which employers in Scotland engage with Further Education (2005, 27 pages).
	Training Activity - Further analysis of the Scottish Employers Skill Survey 2004, with particular focus on the extent to which employers in Scotland engage with employment-based training (2005, 35 pages).
	Skill Gaps - Further analysis of the Scottish Employers Skill Survey 2004, with particular focus on the extent to which employers in Scotland address skill gaps (2005, 28 pages).
	Rural Scotland: Key Results from the Employers Skill Survey - Further analysis of the Employers Skill Survey 2003; this report concerns the results relating to employers in rural Scotland (2005, 16 pages).
	Hard to Fill Vacancies and Skill Shortages - Further analysis of the Scottish Employers Skill Survey 2004, with particular focus on the extent to which employers in Scotland address the questions of hard to fill vacancies and skill shortages (2005, 28 pages).
	Can Employers be Persuaded that Training Pays? - Report, written for Futureskills Scotland by Ewart Keep and Ken Mayhew, into the question of whether employers can be persuaded that training pays - draws on the results of the Scottish Employer Skills Survey which is also the basis for the Futureskills Scotland "Skills in Scotland" reports (2004, 32 pages).

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