Employers' Skills Requirements in the Austrian Labour Market: On the Relative Importance of ICT, Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills over the Past 15 Years.

Autor/inn/en	Leitner, Sandra M.; Reiter, Oliver
Institution	Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche
Titel	Employers' Skills Requirements in the Austrian Labour Market: On the Relative Importance of ICT, Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills over the Past 15 Years. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Qualifikationsanforderungen der Arbeitgeber auf dem österreichischen Arbeitsmarkt: Über die relative Bedeutung von IT-Kenntnissen, kognitiven und nicht-kognitiven Fähigkeiten im Laufe der letzten 15 Jahre.
Quelle	Wien (2020), 37 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	WIIW working paper. 190
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Informationstechnologische Bildung; Kognitive Kompetenz; Computerkenntnisse; Berufliche Qualifikation; Berufsanforderung; Qualifikationsanforderung; Online; Österreich
Abstract	"This paper analyses job advertisements to identify the particular skills, abilities and characteristics that are in demand on the Austrian labour market. It takes a novel approach and uses information extracted from over 1.5 million job advertisements over the past 15 years from Austria's largest online job portal, karriere.at, to shed light on employers' skills needs and the relative importance of, and demand for, different skill types over time. It develops a taxonomy which classifies observable skills into information and communications technology (ICT) skills (which are of increasing importance as a result of the ongoing digital revolution), cognitive skills, cognitively based skills and non-cognitive (soft) skills; but it also takes into account other factors that frequently appear in job advertisements, such as previous work experience, physical appearance, and the willingness to travel, work overtime, weekends or shifts, among others. It shows that Austrian employers are quite demanding cognitive skills, previous work experience and ICT skills were the three most frequent requirements, appearing in (almost) every second job advertisement in 2019. Over the years, these categories have also become increasingly important to employers. Among cognitively based skills, language skills were the most important, also appearing in every second job advertisement. The ability to work as part of a team, communication skills, independence, flexibility and accuracy were the top five non-cognitive (soft) skills demanded by employers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2021/3