Study on National Skills Outlook

The purpose of the Research on National Skills Projection Survey is to develop an information frame through the development of human resource and effective use in terms of skills and to develop a frame for skills projection based on the information frame. In the past, continuous results came from a frame called development of skills information, through surveying employers; however, after the research ended in the tenth year, the direction regarding what type of results to produce became ambiguous. This year, the research will focus on reexamine the validity of the skill demand survey from the employers, develop information regarding the skill demand, and provide ways to improve in future researches. Another important purpose of the research is to set a direction on what information should be produced as the result of the research on National Skills Projection. This will be initiated through the use of employers’ survey and initial data. In order to achieve this purpose, human resource supply and demand projection system was reviewed and the environment which skills projection system will be used on was examined. Also, case studies on human resource demand projection was reviewed. First, reexamine topics on skills and skill mismatch through literature review. Through this process, reinspect the direction for skills projection information production, Second, improve the existing employers’ survey, conduct a survey on manufacturing companies, and present the survey result. Also, assuming the Korean companies environmental characteristics will affect skills demand, conduct additional research regarding the relationship of social responsibility and main contract and subcontract of the company, and present the result. Third, set a future direction for skills projection survey. For this purpose, examine the possibility of improving the human resource supply and demand projection using skills projection information, and examine the Korean environment for skills projection. Lastly, summarize the research result and propose a policy for future skills projection. ..