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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 6857 Scottish Employer Skills Survey, 2008-2010: Secure Access 685710.5255/UKDA-SN-6857-2 Scottish Government, Education Analytical Services Division <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply. Scottish Government UK Data Service 31 January 2012 INDUSTRIESEMPLOYEESEMPLOYERSPRIVATE SECTORPUBLIC SECTORVOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONSBUSINESSESECONOMIC COMPETITIONABILITYLABOUR ECONOMICSLOCATION OF INDUSTRYCUSTOMERSCAPITAL MOVEMENTSECONOMIC CONDITIONSMERGERSLABOUR FORCECOSTSFINANCINGREGULATIONSINNOVATIONRECRUITMENTRESIGNATION FROM WORKQUALIFICATIONSJOB VACANCIESLABOUR (RESOURCE)WAGESCONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENTCAREER DEVELOPMENTHOURS OF WORKPUBLIC TRANSPORTEMPLOYMENT HISTORYMOTIVATIONCOMPUTER LITERACYCOMMUNICATION SKILLSPERFORMANCEWORK ATTITUDEOCCUPATIONAL TRAININGSUBCONTRACTINGOCCUPATIONSOCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONSJOB REQUIREMENTSIN-SERVICE TRAININGLABOUR PRODUCTIVITYAPPRENTICESHIPEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMESINVESTORS IN PEOPLE STANDARDIN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAININGNATIONAL VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONSCOTTISH VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONADVICETRADE UNIONSMARKETS (ECONOMICS)COMPANY BUDGETSPRODUCTIONINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYAUTOMATIONPLANNINGACCOUNTSDECISION MAKINGPROFIT SHARINGPART-TIME EMPLOYMENTCONFLICT RESOLUTIONEQUAL OPPORTUNITYFINANCIAL INCENTIVESQUALITY CONTROLKEY SKILLSEMPLOYMENT HISTORYDEGREESHIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMAMANAGERSPROFESSIONAL PERSONNELADMINISTRATORSSKILLED WORKERSCUSTOMER SERVICEUNSKILLED WORKERSSTRATEGIESTEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT Business/industrial management and organisationVocational education and trainingLabour and employment Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Employer Skills Survey (SESS) is a series of large scale surveys undertaken to obtain perspectives of employers on a wide range of workforce skills-related issues. The 2010 survey is the sixth in the series, previous surveys being undertaken in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008. A separate, but similar survey conducted in England (the National Employer Skills Survey) is held at the UK Data Archive under Secure Access study SN 6705. A later survey, the Employer Skills Survey (ESS), covering the whole of the UK, is held under standard End User Licence conditions at the Archive under SNs 7430 and 7484 for 2011 and 2013, respectively. A Secure Access version of the ESS 2011 is available under SN 7745. The sample is structured to be representative of the Scottish economy, including the private, public and voluntary sectors. Information was collected on an individual site basis irrespective of whether or not the site formed part of a larger organisation, an approach that reflects the level at which skills deficiencies in the workforce are most immediately experienced. The principal respondent in each interview was the senior person responsible for human resource issues. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) Virtual Micro-data Laboratory arranged for reference numbers from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) to be added to observations in the data. IDBR reference numbers were added for 3,653 of the 6,274 businesses included in the SESS 2008. Reference numbers were added for 3,242 of the 6,001 businesses included in the SESS 2010. This allows researchers to combine observations from SESS with other ONS business surveys, in order to assess the impact of skills on productivity, innovation, etc. Researchers can undertake this exercise where this has been approved by the ONS. (Businesses for which IDBR reference numbers are not available include 870 (2008) and 921 (2010) who stated that they do not wish their responses to be linked with other surveys or datasets.) Geographical references: postcodes The postcodes available in the data file for 2008 are pseudo-anonymised postcodes. The real postcodes are not available due to the potential risk of identification of the observations. However, these replacement postcodes retain the inherent nested characteristics of real postcodes, and will allow researchers to aggregate observations to other geographic units, e.g. wards, super output areas, etc. In the dataset, the variable of the replacement postcode is 'new_PC'. Anonymised postcodes are available for 3,653 of the 6,274 businesses included in the 2008 survey. Geographical variables, including postcodes, Local Economic Forum areas and Scottish Further Education Funding Council areas, although included in the 2008 dataset, are not available for 2010 due to a change in focus for the study. The second edition (June 2015) includes data for 2010 and updates to the accompanying documentation. Main Topics: The SESS covers:<ul><li>background information on the business establishment</li><li>business challenges</li><li>size of workforce, including new recruits and number of employees who have recently left organisation</li><li>qualification levels of workforce</li><li>recruitment</li><li>vacancies, including hard-to-fill vacancies</li><li>skill gaps</li><li>training and staff development</li></ul> Scotland Institutions/organisationsNational Employers in Scotland in 2008-2010 Numeric Repeated cross-sectional study Quota samplemulti-stage design Telephone interviewsurvey used Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) software The Data Collection is available to users registered with the UK Data Service.Commercial use is not permitted.Use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. Registered users must apply for access via a DEA Research Project Application.Registered users must complete the Safe Researcher Training course and gain <a href="https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/digitaleconomyact-research-statistics/better-useofdata-for-research-information-for-researchers/" target="_blank">DEA Accredited Researcher Status</a>.Registered users must be based in the UK when accessing data.The Data Collection must be accessed via a secure connection method in a safe environment approved by the UK Data Service. See <restrctn> https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 6857 2024-11-28T07:29:06Z ddi:codebook:2_5