Labour Market Tendency Survey 2018
Increased shortage of dental hygienists
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-12-11 9.30
The Labour Market Tendency Survey 2018 shows a continued shortage of educated persons in many areas, while fewer employers have good access to jobseekers. The largest shortage is among graduates with upper secondary vocational education. The widespread shortage of employees in health care and education also persists. For several educational groups, such as dental hygiene education and industrial engineering education at upper secondary level, the shortage of job seekers has increased compared to last year.
Continued shortage of trained staff
This year’s Labour Market Tendency Survey shows that employers continue to struggle to recruit staff with the proper education. There is a shortage of newly graduated applicants in 40 of the 72 educational groups. In only one educational group, namely lawyers, employers report a good supply of recent graduates.
Shortage of recent graduates in the field of education
There has been a shortage of educators and teachers for several years. Employers report that the largest shortage is among newly graduated preschool teachers, leisure time pedagogues, and subject teachers for grades 7–9. The shortage is also large among special education teachers and special needs teachers, at the same time as many teachers in this area are expected to retire within the next few years.
Recruiting nurses is difficult
In the health and medical care sector, employers continue to report a shortage of newly graduated nurses. The shortage is greatest among district nurses and specialist nurses, but employers also have trouble recruiting first-level nurses. More than 70 percent of employers face a shortage of graduates from these educational programmes. In addition, employers, to a greater extent, report a shortage of dental hygienists and pharmacists, compared with recent years.
Shortage of applicants with upper secondary education
More than half of the employers have reported a shortage in 11 out of 13 upper secondary educational groups. The largest shortage is among workers trained in restaurant management, and vehicle repair and maintenance, where more than 90 percent of employers have experienced recruiting difficulties. Other educational groups in which employers face a shortage of recent graduates with a secondary education include natural resource use, transport (drivers), industrial technology, computer and communication technology and automation.
Major recruitment needs in technology
Employers report a continued shortage of recent graduates in more than half of the educational groups in the technology and manufacturing sectors. At the same time, employers estimate that they will need to increase recruitment of employees in 20 of 22 educational groups over the next three years. The educational groups from which they will recruit most include trained engineers with a Master of Science education specialised in electronics, computer technology and automation, energy and electro technical engineering, structural engineering, and engineers with a Bachelor of Science in structural engineering and electricity, electronics and computer technology.
| Newly graduated | Occupational experience |
|---|---|
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Restaurant management* |
BSc engineers: Electricity, electronics and computer technology |
| Vehicle repair and maintainance* | Natural resource use* |
| Transport (drivers)* | Nurses, other specialist care |
| Dental hygienist | Vehicle repair and maintainance* |
| District nurse | Midwifery* |
| Up to 2021 | |
|---|---|
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MSc engineers: Electronics, computer technicians and automation |
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MSc engineers: Energy and electro technical engineering |
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Programmers and system analysts |
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MSc engineers: Structural engineering |
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*Upper secondary education
Definitions and explanations
The Labour Market Tendency Survey 2018 is a survey that provides information on the current labour market situation and prospects for the coming years for 72 educational programmes, of which 13 are upper secondary level and 59 are in higher education. Every year in the autumn, roughly 10 000 forms are sent to about 7 500 personnel managers at selected workplaces. Questions are asked about the supply of applicants (Good supply/Balance/Shortage), and how they expect the number of employees with the current educational programmes to change in a one-year and in a three-year perspective (Increase/No change/Decrease).
Publication
The results for the Labour Market Tendency Survey are published in the Statistical Database. Time series including margins of error from 2005 to 2018 for all 72 educational programmes are presented.
The results will also be published in a folder, Arbetskraftsbarometern 2018 – Vilka utbildningar ger jobb, which is mainly directed towards pupils and students who will be choosing their training and educational programmes. The folder presents statistics for each programme and summarises the results of the year, together with statistics on wages and salaries and other facts about the programmes.
Next publishing will be
Labour Market Tendency Survey 2019, 2019-12-10 at 09:30
Statistical Database
More information is available in the Statistical Database
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