"communication and soft skills" training which is associated with more non-routine interactive tasks. …This study investigates the impact of non-formal training on job tasks of workers. The analysis is based on panel data … indicate that after training workers are more engaged in non-routine interactive tasks than they were before training. Analyses …

training, are as follows. Employment in the enterprises of the limited population increased by 0.3 p.c. on average between 2003 … the staff movements. The net inflow of workers has been broken down by their level of training and the gross outflow of … expressed by European and Belgian authorities, the formal training indicators again showed a drop in 2004, except for the …

higher education qualifications, while the number of staff with low and medium skills has declined. However the majority of … of 2 to 5 between branches. Finally, in regard to training, the financial effort indicator declined once again in 2005 …. The training budget is estimated to be 1.05 p.c. of staff costs in 2005, against 1.13 p.c. in 2004 and a peak of 1.42 p …

. Despite a rise in the number of training firms, budgets for both formal and informal training were revised downwards in 2009 …. In all, firms devoted 1.63 p.c. of staff costs to training their workers, compared with 1.72 p.c. a year earlier, a …, except where informal training was concerned. …

discernible in terms of hourly costs, depending on the size and branch of activity of the companies. In terms of training, the … results for 2006 still fall well short of the set targets : training costs accounted for 1.17 p.c. of the total wage bill … in training was only 35.2 p.c. whereas a target has been set of 50 p.c. by 2010. Growth was nevertheless recorded between …

the latter, hourly labour costs are weaker in Wallonia than in the two other regions. Performance in the field of training … employee participation rate. The first indicator, that is, the training budget as a percentage of staff costs, was estimated at … 1.2 p.c. in 2006. There was a further but small increase in the rate of employee participation in training : only 36.4 p …

breakdown of staff numbers by educational level. On average, women tend to have a more intensive level of training than men …. Workers’ educational requirements vary considerably according to the branch of activity. Since the year 2008, training … activities have been broken down between formal and informal vocational training and initial training, whereas before only formal …

Survey 2008 (BOS 2008). The paper evaluates the impact of skills shortages on the incidence and intensity of training across …The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of skill shortages on the supply of training within New Zealand … firms. The study uses a specially designed survey, the Business Strategy and Skills (BSS) module of the Business Operations …

preventing skilled workers from leaving poor countries, where their skills are needed. Some advocates urge restrictions or taxes …

-competent workforce, as supported by firms’ training and recruitment plans. Conversely, ODT investment does not significantly alter total …