HEADLINE : BRUNEI – Skills matching a solution to reducing unemployment

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He added that skills matching is a complex and dynamic process involving multiple stakeholders making multiple decisions at different times.

These include individuals and their families; education, training and labour market policy-makers; training institutions; and employers, he said.

“Poor matching between skills supply and demand has many negative consequences for individuals and companies, and influences the national economy and society more generally. It has a negative influence on wages and job satisfaction and causes hiring difficulties and lower productivity at company level,” Dr Haji Zamri said.

He made these comments at the closing ceremony of a regional training programme on ‘Effective Usage of LMI for Guidance on Education and Employment’ at the SEAMEO Voctech last Thursday.

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It was also highlighted that the use of Labour Market Information (LMI) can contribute to skills mismatch reduction and allow for informed choices and access to excellent quality, comprehensive and impartial information and advice about local learning and work opportunities and their relevance to the labour market.

Dr Haji Zamri said, “In a context of dynamic and complex labour markets, gathering intelligence on current and future skills needs can support better matching of training and jobs, which is of paramount importance for every country in the world.”

He noted that in recent years, better understanding of labour market needs and skills matching have featured high on the policy agenda of many countries, driven by both rapid technological advances and global competition.

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Dr Haji Zamri highlighted that jobs are changing rapidly and individuals are also changing their skill sets, either through education and training or through their work and life experience.

“Education and training systems, in particular, have a key role to play in ensuring that opportunities are provided for all individuals to develop their skills continually in a lifelong learning perspective, enabling them to adapt to rapidly changing labour market requirements and conditions.”

He said that given the complexity and dynamics of the process, perfect matching between skills demand and supply is neither feasible – especially in rapidly changing labour markets and economies – nor necessary given the fact that many people can do many different jobs and many jobs can be done by people with different skill sets.

“However, it is important for policymakers to be aware of the importance of reducing the risk of creating large skills gaps that undermine the employability of individuals and impede and productivity of enterprises and the growth of economies.

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“The use of LMI and development of early warning information systems can contribute to skills mismatch reduction. The whole process on the use of LMI needs to be supported by a coordinated institutional framework.

“Involvement of all important stakeholders is a key success factor in skills mismatch reduction,” he said.

The importance of LMI was also underlined by High Commissioner of Malaysia to Brunei Darussalam Ismail bin Haji Salam, who attended the closing ceremony as the guest of honour.

“With LMI, we can make informed choices and have access to excellent quality, comprehensive and impartial information and advice about local learning and work opportunities and their relevance to the labour market,” he said.

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The high commissioner underlined that by having accurate and timely information, institutions can offer more relevant programmes and supply the right number of graduates, thus, narrowing the gap between the supply of graduates and the demand from business and industry for qualified and relevant workforce.

“Given the importance of good labour market information for education and employment, many governments are investing significantly in gathering and handling LMI,” he shared. “They recognise that complex skills in LMI and forecasting exercises need to be developed in foreseeing future demand for skills, identifying bottlenecks and changing requirements of occupations and the reshaping of qualifications.

“Recognising that the aim of most LMI is to support labour market policy career decisions, it is reassuring to note that data and practices on LMI in developed countries, as well as developing countries, are getting more accurate and timely, as more and more private agencies are playing important roles,” he added. |    Danial Norjidi   |

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