Updated Labour Market Profiles published

The Department for Employment and Learning has published labour market profiles for the six Workforce Development Forums (WDFs) in Northern Ireland

These are Belfast Metropolitan WDF, North West Regional WDF, Northern Regional WDF, South West WDF, South Eastern Regional WDF and the Southern Regional WDF. A report providing an overview of labour market information for Northern Ireland has also been published.

The reports examine labour market issues within each of the WDFs and provide information on employment, qualifications, vacancies, redundancies and annual development demand by occupation. These reports provide a valuable update to those previously published in December 2008.

These reports will help inform the work of the Employment Service and Careers Service as they seek to help individuals make informed choices about which careers to pursue and the education and training routes to follow. The reports also provide local labour market information for each of the WDFs which ensures that they are well informed about local demand and supply issues.

The reports are available to download from the Department’s website on http://www.delni.gov.uk/labourmarketprofiles.

Notes to Editors

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