Labour market signalling & indicators project
"The British Government has commissioned us to examine ways in which labour markets and employers indicate their needs to the providers of technical and vocational training. We would like to ask some questions about the information that you use and you need in order to influence the provision of training for people going into the labour market. We would like to explore with you both the ways in which you collect and use information about the labour market at the moment and ways in which you think that your understanding of the market might be improved."
A. DATA COLLECTION
A1 What LMI does your organisation collect?
A2 Who collects LMI in your organisation/sector?
A3 What methods are used to collect LMI?
A4 In what form does it reach training providers?
A5 Are any of the following techniques used?Employer surveys
Census data
Tracer studies
Reverse tracer studies
Newspaper scanning
Job vacancy rate analyses
Wage level monitoringA6 What LMI does your organisation use which is collected by others?
A7 What are the most convenient/sources of LMI?
A8 What are the most reliable sources of LMI?
A9 How does your organisation get access to this date?
A10 How reliable is the LMI gathered and/or used by your organisation?
A11 In what ways could the data be more accurate/useful?
A12 What approaches/signals would you prefer to use if available?
B USING DATA
B1 Who uses LMI in your organisation?
B2 For what purposes?
B3 How does this influence your decision-making?
B4 Do you process or analyse the data within your organisation?
B5 Who is responsible for doing that analysis?
B6 How might data processing be improved?
B7 How dependent is your organisation on LMI?
C TRAINING NEEDS
C1 What are the training needs of data gatherers, analysts and users?
C2 Does your organisation provide any of this training??
C3 Who are the main training providers?
C4 How might training provision be improved?
C5 What is the labour market for LMI analysts?
D COST ISSUES
D1 What does it cost your organisation to collect or buy LMI?
D2 Could it be acquired at lower cost?
D3 Does cost impede the use of other LMI sources & techniques?
D4 If LMI were more readily available, how would that change your organisation
