各大公司需投資教育和培訓

ILO’s Assistant Director-General for Policy José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs has said that skills and education need to be addressed differently today than 20 or 30 years ago.

“Just as the shift from agrarian to industrial economies required specific new skills in the world of work， the on-going shift from industrial to information-based knowledge economies is also changing the ways we live， work and learn，” said Salazar-Xirinachs during a speech at the “Global Trade and Development Week 2014” in Kuala Lumpur.

He referred to the “21 Century Skills” that involve new ways of thinking and working， new global vision as well as new tools for working based on new information and communications technologies.

The ILO official highlighted key challenges， such as the skills mismatch which partly results from the inability of the education and training system to adapt to these new realities.

“Addressing these disconnects is a matter of public policy， but not exclusively. It is also very much a matter of private sector engagement and responsibility，” he said.

Companies should not wait at the end of the education and training pipeline for graduates with the right skills or look for new talents abroad， but should take a broader view of their workforce needs

They should build public-private partnerships， engage pro-actively with education and training providers in order to align education with the skills needed for employment and make efforts to combine formal education and training with on the job apprenticeship opportunities

The ILO official gave the example of the Godrej Group in India， a conglomerate which set a goal of training one million urban and rural youth in employable skills by 2020. Two-thirds of graduates found jobs in consumer goods and agriculture-related subsidiaries.

The Age of Responsibility

Salazar-Xirinachs underlined a set of ILO policies that have been developed focusing on the school-to-work transition and the modernization of vocational training institutions and skills anticipation.

He mentioned the Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification STED， a tool designed to provide strategic guidance to support growth and jobs in sectors that have the potential to increase exports， to contribute to economic diversification and to integration into Global Value Chains.

He mentioned the fact the ILO had led the preparation of the G20 Skills Strategy in 2010 for strong， sustained and balanced growth.

Finally， the ILO official insisted on the need to further develop apprenticeships which is “the closest thing to a magic bullet” when addressing youth unemployment， school to work transition and skills mismatch.

“The responsibility of companies to invest in skills and talent and engaging in education and training in innovative ways to meet the requirements of the 21st Century workforces is but one example of a much broader responsibility and sustainability agenda，” he concluded， referring to “the Age of Responsibility”.

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國際勞工組織（ILO）負責政策事務的副總干事喬斯日前表示，隨著工業經濟向以信息為基礎的知識型經濟轉型，我們的生活與工作方式發生了巨大變化，要求勞動者掌握新的技能。國際勞工組織官員強調，當前主要挑戰是技能與崗位不匹配，從而導致培訓和教育體系無法適應新的實際需求。各大公司不能坐等專業技能對口的畢業生前來應聘，或到海外招聘新型人才，而應以更開闊的視角審視勞動者的需求。公司應尋求合作，積極與教育培訓機構協調，使教育與求職所需技能相匹配，將正規教育培訓與工作實踐相結合。國際勞工組織已制定相關政策，注重學校向職場的過渡，注重職業培訓機構與技能預期的現代化。