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The Sociology and Anthropology Systems Analysis Biology Instructing Skills areas of Psychology, Computers and Electronics Operations Analysis and Law and Government Knowledge Philosophy and Theology Coordination Netherlands countrynote October Customer and Personal Service Management of Personnel Resources Results are Administration and Management Persuasion areas areas 8 Communications and Media Service Orientation Personnel and Human Resources OECD OECD Knowledge areas -0.40 -0.20 Economics and Accounting Negotiation 0.00 0.20 0.40 Chemistry Time Management Skills Verbal Abilities History and Archaeology Management of Financial Resources Clerical Netherlands Reasoning Abilities Netherlands Mathematics Knowledge Programming Memory Geography Perceptual Abilities Management of Material Resources Fine Arts Quantitative Abilities Technology Design Telecommunications Auditory and Speech Abilities OECD Physics Quality Control Analysis Attentiveness Abilities Engineering, Mechanics and Technology Installation Visual Abilities Sales and Marketing Netherlands Equipment Selection Spatial Abilities Food Production Operation Monitoring Flexibility, Balance and Coordination Design Endurance Public Safety and Security Troubleshooting Fine Manipulative Abilities Building and Construction Repairing Physical Strength 2018 Transportation Equipment Maintenance Production and Processing Reaction Time and Speed Abilities Mechanical Operation and Control Control Movement Abilities Netherlands country note October 2018 2% 10% 9% 0% 6% 12% 6% 1% 10% Where are the jobs in high-demand in your country? 100% 90% 18% 31% In the Netherlands, 8 out of 10 jobs facing skill shortage are 80% 18% 26% 30% 40% 21% 41% in occupations requiring high-skills. Demand for medium- 70% 42% 60% and low skilled occupations are relative low compared to the 50% 40% 80% OECD average, standing at 18% and 2% of the total of jobs 73% 69% 69% 67% 64% 30% 54% 58% that are hard-to-fill respectively. 20% 49% 10% 0% OECD France Austria Germany Belgium High-skilled workers refer to ISCO occupational groups 1-3, medium-skilled Netherlands Luxembourg Switzerland to group 4-8 and low-skilled to group 9. Data refers to latest year available. United Kingdom High skill Medium skill Low skill W h i c h s e c t o r s f a c e t h e l a r g e s t Sector indicators occupational shortages? Human Health and Social Work Activities Education Human Health and Social Worker activities as Arts, Entertainment and Recreation well as the Education sectors are facing the Information and Communication most acute occupational shortages in the Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities Other Service Activities Netherlands. The sectors with the largest Financial and Insurance Activities surpluses are Transportation and Storage and Public Administration and Social Security Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing Wholesale, Retail, Trade and Motor Repair. Accommodation and Food Service Activities Real Estate Activities Administrative and Support Service Activities Mining and Quarrying Sector shortages occur when firms struggle to find Electricity and Energy Supply; Waste Management appropriate talent. Surplus arises when the supply of Manufacturing workers in that sector exceeds demand. Results are Construction presented on a scale that ranges between -1 and + 1 . The Wholesale, Retail, Trade and Motor Repair maximum value reflects the strongest shortage observed Transportation and Storage across countries, sectors and skills dimensions. -0.40 -0.30 -0.20 -0.10 0.00 0.10 0.20 How is the alignment of talent to job requirements? Qualification mismatch describes a situation for Almost 4 out of 10 workers in the Netherlands are either over- or under-qualified for which a worker has qualifications that exceed (over- the work that they are doing. In the Netherlands, over 50% of graduates in the fields qualified) or does not meet (under-qualified) the ones of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Arts and Humanities, and generally required for the job. Field-of-study mismatch arises when workers are employed in a Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Veterinary work in a job different from the field different field from what they have specialised in they specialised in (field-of-study mismatch). through their education. Qualification mismatch Field-of-study mismatch Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics Arts and Humanities Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Veterinary Education 63% 12% 25% ICT Service Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction Social Sciences, Journalism, Business Administration, Law Health and Welfare Matched Overqualified Underqualified 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Useful links Mismatch dataset – http://dotstat.oecd.org//Index.aspx?QueryId=77595 Skill needs dataset – http://dotstat.oecd.org//Index.aspx?QueryId=77642 Skills for Jobs webpage – https://www.oecdskillsforjobsdatabase.org Further information Contact Data for skill imbalances, sector imbalance and qualification and field-of-study OECD Skills and Employability Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and mismatch refer to year 2015. Social Affairs See also: OECD (2017), Getting Skills Right: The OECD Skills for Jobs * [email protected] Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/ @OECD Social 10.1787/9789264277878-en SKILLS FOR JOBS - NETHERLANDS © OECD 2018.