Overview of employability pathways in Tayside & Fife
Is your group or organisation involved in helping people progress along the employability pathway? Do you provide training or work experience, or are you helping volunteers develop their skills? If so, you might find the most recent Regional Skills Assessment Webinar on Tayside and Fife interesting.
The recording of the webinar is now available.
The webinar is presented by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and gives an overview of the economic picture in Scotland, with a focus on Tayside and Fife, highlighting which sectors have the greatest demand for jobs, where there are skills shortages and where there is likely to be growth in the mid and long term.
Highlights
- The health and social work, retail and wholesale sectors are expected to remain strong in Tayside and Fife and growth will be seen in care and personal services.
- Job postings in the region are sitting at a higher level than pre-pandemic.
- The skills expected to be in strong demand include communication and customer service.
- Although there is not expected to be significant real growth in job opportunities in the mid term, replacement demand due to an ageing population is expected to be high.
- A number of initiatives which are being driven by the Tay Cities Deal will focus on skills and employability.
the full range of data produced by SDS can be found here Regional Skills Assessments – Skills Development Scotland.