Work and Employment Resources

Questions on Work Orientations were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey in 2000.
Questions on Skills and Training were asked in the NILT Survey in 2024.
Questions on Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills were asked within the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey in 2025.

ARK Resources

• How youth work creates opportunities for young people to engage with education, employment and training (Policy Brief 40), by Alexandra Chapman and Ciara Fitzpatrick, is based on a roundtable event held in 2026.
• The Online Research Bank contains many relevant summaries of research, for example:
• The Working Lives of Women and Men in Northern Ireland, Equal Opportunities Commission NI
• The Attitudes, aspirations and career orientations of women in junior management by M Kirrane and J Kremer
• Attitudes and Motivations by John Kremer

Links

• EPIC Futures NI is a multi-strand project with the aim of creating evidence-based solutions to fair and inclusive employment across Northern Ireland.
• Artificial Intelligence in Northern Ireland Public Awareness, AI Skills and Barriers to Adoption. Evidence from the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, by Kristel Miller, Sandeep Rawat and Matthew Cavanagh was published by EPIC Futres NI, and uses data from the 2025 NILT survey.

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