Employee Skills and Education RequirementsEducation Levels of Todays Workforce October 3 2012 In collaboration with and commissioned by Achieve This is the second part of a series of SHRMAchieve survey findings titled Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements ID: 667484
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SHRM Survey Findings:
Changing
Employee Skills and Education Requirements—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
October 3, 2012
In collaboration
with and commissioned by AchieveSlide2
This is the second part of a series of SHRM/Achieve survey findings titled “Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements
.” These results look at the education levels of today’s workforce.
The following nine industries were included in the sample. Overall results are reported first, followed by industry-specific results for the following industries: Construction, mining, oil and gasFederal government
Finance
Health
High-tech
ManufacturingProfessional services
State and local government
Nonprofessional services
Introduction
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SHRM/Achieve Survey: Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements
—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
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Are jobs being filled by people with more
educational qualifications than are actually required by their positions? To some extent, yes. Overall, organizations across all industries report that most jobs are held by individuals with educational credentials closely matched to those required by the job. Slightly more individuals possess additional educational credentials than what is needed for jobs with no minimum education requirements, as well as for jobs requiring an advanced degree.
What industries have the highest percentage of advanced degree holders? Professional services (20%), the federal government (16%), high-tech (15%) and health (13%) industries have the greatest percentage of employees who hold advanced degrees (e.g., master’s, MBA, Ph.D., M.D., J.D.). Did most industries have job openings in 2011? Yes, almost all organizations—96% overall—said they had job openings in 2011. The top industries hiring were health (99%), finance (97%) and high-tech (97%). Were there industries that had jobs available in 2011 with no minimum education requirements? A few industries do still offer a few jobs with no minimum education requirements: nonprofessional services (21%), construction, mining, oil and gas (19%), and manufacturing (12%). However, in all other industries, fewer than 10% of job openings in 2011 had no minimum educational requirements (see slide 15).How often are newly hired employees’ educational credentials actually higher than the minimum education listed in the job announcement? Across industries, more than one-half (53%) say this occurs at least
some of the time for jobs that require a minimum of a high school diploma, and 30% say this happens most of the time
. Industries that are most likely to say that most or all of the time
newly hired employees’ educational credentials are actually higher than the minimum education listed in the job announcement were high-tech (48%), professional services (46%) and the federal government (41%).
Key Findings3
SHRM/Achieve Survey: Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements
—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
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What percentage of your organization’s positions that are currently filled
require
the following education credentials? What percentage of your organization’s current full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) actually possess these educational credentials? All IndustriesNote: Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
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SHRM/Achieve Survey: Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements
—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
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What percentage of your organization’s positions that are currently filled
require
the following education credentials? What percentage of your organization’s current full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) actually possess these educational credentials? Construction, Mining, Oil and GasNote: Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
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SHRM/Achieve Survey: Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements
—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
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What percentage of your organization’s positions that are currently filled
require
the following education credentials? What percentage of your organization’s current full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) actually possess these educational credentials? Federal Government
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SHRM/Achieve Survey: Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements
—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
©SHRM 2012Slide7
What percentage of your organization’s positions that are currently filled
require
the following education credentials? What percentage of your organization’s current full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) actually possess these educational credentials? Finance
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Note:
Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
SHRM/Achieve Survey: Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
©SHRM 2012Slide8
What percentage of your organization’s positions that are currently filled
require
the following education credentials? What percentage of your organization’s current full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) actually possess these educational credentials? Health
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Note:
Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
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What percentage of your organization’s positions that are currently filled
require
the following education credentials? What percentage of your organization’s current full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) actually possess these educational credentials? High-tech
9
Note:
Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
SHRM/Achieve Survey: Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
©SHRM 2012Slide10
What percentage of your organization’s positions that are currently filled
require
the following education credentials? What percentage of your organization’s current full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) actually possess these educational credentials? Manufacturing
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—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
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What percentage of your organization’s positions that are currently filled
require
the following education credentials? What percentage of your organization’s current full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) actually possess these educational credentials? Nonprofessional Services
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Note:
Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
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What percentage of your organization’s positions that are currently filled
require
the following education credentials? What percentage of your organization’s current full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) actually possess these educational credentials? Professional Services
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SHRM/Achieve Survey: Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements
—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
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What percentage of your organization’s positions that are currently filled
require
the following education credentials? What percentage of your organization’s current full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) actually possess these educational credentials? State/Local Government
13
Note:
Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
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Did your organization have any job openings in 2011?
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Note:
Percentages represent respondents who answered “yes”.
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—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce©SHRM 2012Slide15
All
Industries
(n = 3,525)Construction, Mining, Oil and Gas(n = 360)Federal Government(n = 205)Finance
(n = 380)
Health
(n = 456)High-tech(n = 335)
Manufac-turing(n = 435)
Non-professional Services(n = 254)
Professional Services
(n = 525)State/Local Government
(n = 575)Had no minimum education
requirements?
8%
19%
7%
3%
3%
3%
12%
21%
3%
5%
Required a high school diploma or equivalent
only?
36%
33%
30%
52%
33%
15%
47%
44%
21%
45%
Required a specific postsecondary certificate
/ credential(s
)
only?
8%
10%
9%
3%
15%
5%
4%
5%
6%
10%
Required an
associate’s degree?
6%
5%
6%
4%
13%
6%
5%
5%
6%
7%
Required a
bachelor’s degree?
36%
31%
35%
34%
27%
65%
29%
22%
51%
29%
Required an advanced degree (e.g.,
master’s
,
Ph.D., M.D., JD.)?
7%
2%
13%
3%
10%
8%
2%
2%
13%
5%
Of your organization’s job openings in 2011, what percentage of the positions:
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Note:
Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Only respondents whose organizations had job openings in 2011 were asked this question.
SHRM/Achieve Survey: Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements
—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
©SHRM 2012Slide16
Note:
Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Respondents who answered “Not sure” or “Not applicable” were excluded from this analysis. Industries are sorted in descending order by the “Most of the time” response option.
For current job openings that require a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent, how often are the newly hired employees’ educational credentials actually higher than the minimum education listed in the job announcement?16
SHRM/Achieve Survey: Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements
—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
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Of those newly hired employees who had higher than a high school diploma or equivalent, what percentage have had the following education credentials?
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Note:
Percentages may not total 100% due to
rounding
. Industries are sorted in descending order by the “Specific postsecondary certificate/credential(s) only” response option.SHRM/Achieve Survey: Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements
—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce©SHRM 2012Slide18
Survey Methodology
SHRM Survey Findings:
Changing Employee Skills and Education Requirements
In collaboration
with and commissioned by Achieve
Response rate =
18%4,695 HR professional respondents from a randomly selected sample of nine different industries in SHRM’s membership
Construction, mining, oil and gas = 491
Federal government = 356
Finance = 530
Health = 526High-tech = 447
Margin of error +/-1%
Survey fielded March 28-April 30,
2012
Manufacturing = 526
Professional
services = 492
State and local
government = 848
Non-professional
services = 479
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Changing
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—Education Levels of Today’s Workforce
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