The National Commission for Further and
Higher Education (NCFHE) in partnership with
Jobsplus and
Malta Enterprise (ME) has launched an Employee Skills Gap
Survey. The objective is to gauge the extent of the existing skills gap and to
provide policy makers with the information necessary to identify the potential shortcomings
of the Maltese labour market that could be hindering companies from finding
employees with adequate skills.
This exercise is deemed particularly important
in light of the relatively strong and sustained growth recorded by the Maltese
economy over recent years which requires an increasingly diversified set of
skills to enable companies to meet market demand. Skills are thus crucial for
the economy to reach new heights.
A number of companies across all economic
sectors will be receiving an email with an electronic link to this survey. Companies
are encouraged to participate as the input will be crucial to policy
formulation that aims to ensure that Malta’s labour market is provided with an
adequate set of skills. Any companies that have not received the online
questionnaire and would like to participate in the survey are kindly asked to
contact at
research.etc@gov.mt.
Following preliminary analysis of the responses
to the survey questionnaire, a number of representative bodies and industry
players will be invited to participate in sector-specific focus groups to
discuss selected skills-related issues in more detail. The results of the
research will be presented at a conference and will be made publicly available.