What kind of Gees specialists does the labour market really need? Content analysis of job adverts in selected countries

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ID11955364
AutoresDanuta Piróg (0000-0001-6735-4928, Department of Geography Education and Logisitcs, Pedagogical University, Kraków, Poland, autor de correspondencia), Adam Hibszer (0000-0002-1416-7464, University of Silesia in Katowice)
Año2023
Volumen48
Número3
Páginas389-413
Fecha de publicación2023-08-25
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Geography in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0309-8265 • E-ISSN: 1466-1845
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03098265.2023.2251011
OpenAlexW4386158145
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas52

The literature review has clearly indicated that the scale and characteristics of demand for Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences experts across different countries is unknown. Therefore, there is an urgent need to investigate this issue. This paper presents the results of research on the real demand for GEES specialists. In the paper, real demand is expressed by job vacancies (N = 17 378) published in six European countries over a period of 18 months. To analyse such an extensive body of text data, we used data mining techniques such as: SVD, inter-factor correlation analysis, word frequency analysis and word significance indicators, which allowed us to recognise similarities and differences in the size and structure of demand for these specialists in specific groups of countries. Employers from the UK and Ireland offered the most comprehensive range of positions whereas the expectations of Polish employers were the least diverse. Word frequency analyses for each occupation group demonstrated which components of GEES experts' knowledge and skills are considered universal on the labour market and which are subject to substantial regional variations. Moreover, word significance analyses allowed us to identify the occupations where a wider range of general skill areas was required and the positions for which primarily geographic skills were in demand.KEYWORDS: Demandgraduatejob titlejob offerlabour marketoccupation group Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. These were job offers for which being a GEES specialist was optional, i.e. geography was listed alongside other degree programmes that made a candidate eligible to apply for the job.2. The size of the words in each cloud is proportionate to the number of occurrences in the given occupation group.Additional informationFundingThe study was financed from budget funds of the National Science Centre, Poland as research project No 2018/29/B/HS4/00847

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