Post 16 Courses Based on out of Date Data

Post 16 Courses Based on out of Date Data PR Newswire BASINGSTOKE, England, July 25, 2012 BASINGSTOKE, England, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Active Informatics announces partnership with Burning Glass Technologies to bring real time labour intelligence to the UK UK post 16 education providers are at risk of failing to sufficiently match courses to today's job market by relying on out of date labour market information, Active Informatics is today warning. The warning comes as Active announces it has partnered with Burning Glass Technologies, whose intuitive technology is providing community colleges across the US with real time labour market intelligence to inform and support their curriculum decisions, connecting them to national and local labour market needs, by using web information collated from CVs and job vacancies on a daily basis. The partnership will bring this technology, combined with the ability to analyse the job market and match it with occupational skills, to the UK market for the first time meaning that post 16 training providers in the UK will have the ability to match their courses to real time market intelligence. Steve Ainsworth, CEO of Active Informatics, says, "Evidence suggests a growing mismatch between worker capabilities and employer needs. Unless addressed, this gap will impair the economic health of the nation and its workforce.