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Assessment of Basic Skills of Low Qualified Adults in Turkey for Labor Market: Needs Analysis

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  • Muhammet Berigel

    (Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Karadeniz Technical University)

  • Onur Ad?yaman

    (Republic of Turkey Ministry of Economy, Science and Industry; Eastern Black Sea Development Agency)

  • Özlem Özgenç

    (Faculty of Forestry, Karadeniz Technical University)

  • Furkan Kalyoncu

    (Fatih Education Faculty, Trabzon University)

  • Merve Y?ld?z

    (Distance Education Application and Research Center, Karadeniz Technical University)

Abstract

Today, the structure of employment and the number of unemployment in many countries are an important indicator of the country's level of economic development and social development. Unemployment is one of Turkey's most important social and economic problem. Functional relationship between employment and the education/skill level is quite weak in Turkey. In addition, people who have vocational education do not have the qualifications demanded by the labor market, while on the other hand, there is a qualified intermediate shortage in the enterprises. A detailed investigation of these problems will be useful in developing policies for unemployment. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the problems and needs for basic skill assessment processes, which is one of the problems experienced by the public and private institutions. This study is a deeply qualitative research to expose existing problems to improve the basic skills of low-qualified adults. Semi conducted interviews were made with 6 job and occupational consultant from ISKUR (Turkish Employment Agency), 5 job experts from Trabzon Chamber of Commerce and Industry and 5 vocational education experts from Public Education Center.Results of this study showed that there is no systematic approach for institutions dealing with employment affairs in Turkish organizations. In addition, business and vocational consultants faced lack of vocational training in the process of guiding the unemployed applicants to jobs.

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  • Muhammet Berigel & Onur Ad?yaman & Özlem Özgenç & Furkan Kalyoncu & Merve Y?ld?z, 2020. "Assessment of Basic Skills of Low Qualified Adults in Turkey for Labor Market: Needs Analysis," Proceedings of Teaching and Education Conferences 12113012, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:sek:itepro:12113012
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    Keywords

    Problems at Employment in Turkey; Skills Problems; Need Analyses; Assessing Unemployment;
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    JEL classification:

    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • C18 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Methodolical Issues: General
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity

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