Download or read book Recruiting Unemployed People written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Education and Employment Committee and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report by the Employment Sub-committee focuses on the means by which the Government, the Employment Service and employers can help unemployed people into jobs and jobs that match their abilities and aspirations, and by doing so, extend the range of talents available to employers. The inquiry also wished to determine whether the demand-led approaches to labour market intermediation which have developed in the United States and are being championed by the Government could help to improve the employment prospects of unemployed people and improve their chances of retaining a job once in employment. The report concludes that there are still significant barriers to the recruitment of unemployed people. The most significant are indirectly discriminatory recruitment practices on the part of employers and inadequate skill levels among the unemployed. Progress has been made by the Employment Service in shifting its culture towards becoming a demand-led organisation but more needs to be done especially with regard to the development of a consistently high quality, complete service to employers. The Government needs to become more proactive in the dissemination of best practice around the UK to complement the importation of best practice from abroad. The Employment Service should not become exclusively employer-oriented. It must continue to accord high priority to helping those who are most disadvantaged into work. A number of recommendations are made in the report including a national survey of employer's recruitment practices, improving the links between employers and the long term unemployed, expanding opportunities for work placements and trials for unemployed people and reducing the period for which unemployed people over the age of 25 are required to claim job seeker's allowance before entering New Deal.

Download or read book Employers Recruitment and the Unemployed written by John Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do employers regard the unemployed jobseeker? Do they treat unemployed applicants any differently from the employed ones? As the duration of unemployment rises, do long-term unemployed applicants face extra barriers to landing a job? This research answers these questions by evaluating employers' attitudes towards, recruitment of, and rejection of, unemployed jobseekers. It is concerned with both the long-term unemployed and unemployed people in general. It draws on a representative sample of 800 UK employers, investigated by telephone survey abd face-to-face interview.

Download or read book Employers and the Recruitment of Unemployed People written by Chris Hasluck and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What Employers Look for when Recruiting the Unemployed and Inactive written by Becci Newton and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study (80 pages) examined the evidence relating to what employers are looking for when recruiting unemployed / inactive people, and the extent to which government provision meets their needs. The following questions were examined: What sort of characteristics, skills and qualifications do employers look for when recruiting employees? How important are qualifications to employers? Are employers more interested in soft skills/employability skills? If so, how do employers recognise soft skills in the interview process and afterwards? Table of contents: * Summary * What employers look for when recruiting unemployed and inactive people * Introduction and definitions * Findings from the academic, policy and evaluation literature (Key findings. Skills and employment in the UK economy. The demand for skills. The range of skills) * Regional, sectoral and occupational differences in recruitment demand (Regional perspective. Sectoral perspective. Occupational perspective. Unemployment and hard-to-fill and skills-shortage. Vacancies) * The characteristics, skills and qualifications employers look for when recruiting (Characteristics. Skills. Qualifications) * The role of qualifications in recruitment (The importance of qualifications. What qualifications demonstrate. Industry dimensions to the importance of qualifications) * The role of soft skills and how these are measured in recruitment (The importance of soft skills to employers. Measuring soft skills in the recruitment process. Informal assessment of soft skills. Formal assessment of soft skills) * Recruiting from different groups (Older people. Young people) * Conclusions * Expert views of employers' needs on recruitment (Key findings. The characteristics, skills and qualifications employers look for when recruiting. Characteristics and skill requirements. The value attached by employers to qualifications. Employers' views on recruiting unemployed or inactive people. Employers' views of training. Summary) * Appendix Discussion guide for expert interviews * Table 1.1 Terms used in the evidence search * Table 1.2 Understanding qualification levels * Table 1.3 Examples of job roles in occupational categories * Table 2.1 Different skills types referred to in this report * Table 2.2 Employability skills framework summary * Table 2.3 Critical skills required in recruitment, by occupation (per cent).

Download or read book The Job Hunt written by W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Investing in America s Workforce written by Carl E. Van Horn and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Why Good People Can t Get Jobs written by Peter Cappelli and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Cappelli, Wharton management professor and director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, debunks the arguments and exposes the real reasons good people can't get hired. Named one of HR Magazine's Top 20 Most Influential Thinkers of 2011, Cappelli points the way forward to rev America's job engine again.

Download or read book Labor Exchange Policy in the United States written by David E. Balducchi and published by W.E. Upjohn Institute. This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation The proper matching of workers with job openings is essential for a well-functioning market economy. In recent years, more than 10 percent of the U.S. workforce search for jobs at any one time. The federal and state governments have long recognized the importance of assisting in the job search process. In 1933, the Wagner-Peyser Act was established to provide federal funding to states to operate a nationwide network of public employment offices. Since enactment, labor exchange (e.g., job finding and placement) services under the Wagner-Peyser Act have been available universally to employers and job seekers without charges or conditions. Today, this network includes more than 1,800 local offices of State Employment Security Agencies that are affiliated with the U.S. Employment Service (ES). The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 amended the Wagner-Peyser Act to be part of the one-stop delivery system, which provides universal access to core (i.e., labor exchange) services and Title I adult and dislocated worker programs. The one-stop centers provide services to both job seekers and employers. For the job seeker, services include assessment, counseling and testing, job search workshops, and job placement. For employers, services include job order taking, recruitment, screening, and referral of job seekers.

Download or read book The job hunt written by W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Discouraged Workers Potential Workers and National Employment Policy written by Harold Wool and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on the measurement of disguised unemployment, with particular reference to the job searching and labour supply of ' discouraged' unemployed workers in the USA - characterizes the ratio and categories of persons discouraged from seeking employment (incl. Youths, married women, older workers, minority groups, etc.), examines the impact on employment policy and economic policy, and compares different methodologys for measurement of labour force participation rates. References and statistical tables.

Download or read book Unqualified Untrained and Unemployed written by Great Britain. National Youth Employment Council and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report of a working group investigating trends in employment opportunities at manual worker level for young workers in the UK - describes research methods employed (incl. Interviews and sample surveys), covers youth unemployment, existing vocational training provisions, etc., and includes conclusions and recommendations regarding vocational guidance. Graphs and statistical tables.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search written by Ute-Christine Klehe PhD and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Job search is and always has been an integral part of people's working lives. Whether one is brand new to the labor market or considered a mature, experienced worker, job seekers are regularly met with new challenges in a variety of organizational settings. Edited by Ute-Christine Klehe and Edwin A.J. van Hooft, The Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search provides readers with one of the first comprehensive overviews of the latest research and empirical knowledge in the areas of job loss and job search. Multidisciplinary in nature, Klehe, van Hooft, and their contributing authors offer fascinating insight into the diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives from which job loss and job search have been studied, such as psychology, sociology, labor studies, and economics. Discussing the antecedents and consequences of job loss, as well as outside circumstances that may necessitate a more rigorous job hunt, this Handbook presents in-depth and up-to-date knowledge on the methods and processes of this important time in one's life. Further, it examines the unique circumstances faced by different populations during their job search, such as those working job-to-job, the unemployed, mature job seekers, international job seekers, and temporary employed workers. Job loss and unemployment are among the worst stressors individuals can encounter during their lifetimes. As a result, this Handbook concludes with a discussion of the various types of interventions developed to aid the unemployed. Further, it offers readers important insights and identifies best practices for both scholars and practitioners working in the areas of job loss, unemployment, career transitions, outplacement, and job search.

Download or read book Out of Work written by Frances Kellor and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What Employers Want written by Harry J. Holzer and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1996-03-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very important contribution to the field of labor economics, and in particular to the understanding of the labor market forworkers with relatively low skill levels. I think we have the sense that the market looks bad, but haven't been clear on how bad it is, or how it got that way. What Employers Want provides some of the answers and identifies the important questions. It is essential reading. —Jeffrey S. Zax, University of Colorado at Boulder The substantial deterioration in employment and earnings among the nation's less-educated workers, especially minorities and younger males in the nation's big cities, has been tentatively ascribed to a variety of causes: an increase in required job skills, the movement of companies from the cities to the suburbs, and a rising unwillingness to hire minority job seekers. What Employers Want is the first book to replace conjecture about today's job market with first-hand information gleaned from employers about who gets hired. Drawn from asurvey of over 3,000 employers in four major metropolitan areas—Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta, and Detroit—this volume provides a wealth of data on what jobs are available to the less-educated, in what industries, what skills they require, where they are located, what they pay, and how they are filled. The evidence points to a dramatic surge in suburban, white-collar jobs. The manufacturing industry—once a steady employer of blue-collar workers—has been eclipsed by the expanding retail trade and service industries, where the vast majority of jobs are in clerical, managerial, or sales positions. Since manufacturing establishments have been the most likely employers to move from the central cities to the suburbs, the shortage of jobs for low-skill urban workers is particularly acute. In the central cities, the problem is compounded and available jobs remain vacant because employers increasingly require greater cognitive and social skills as well as specific job-related experience. Holzer reveals the extent to which minorities are routinely excluded by employer recruitment and screening practices that rely heavily on testing, informal referrals, and stable work histories. The inaccessible location and discriminatory hiring patterns of suburban employers further limit the hiring of black males in particular, while earnings, especially for minority females, remain low. Proponents of welfare reform often assume that stricter work requirements and shorter eligibility periods will effectively channel welfare recipients toward steady employment and off federal subsidies. What Employers Want directly challenges this premise and demonstrates that only concerted efforts to close the gap between urban employers and inner city residents can produce healthy levels of employment in the nation's cities. Professor Holzer outlines the measures that will benecessary—targeted education and training programs, improved transportation and job placement, heightened enforcement of antidiscrimination laws, and aggressive job creation strategies. Repairing urban labor markets will not be easy. This book shows why. A Volume in the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality

Download or read book Getting Attached written by Max Nathan and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full employment is back on the agenda. But whilst Labour has been successful in reducing the overall level of unemployment, it has not yet achieved jobs for all. Pockets of relatively high, long-term employment remain across the country. What is more, programmes such as the New Deal have concentrated on getting the unemployed into jobs. But vulnerable workers also need support in employment, to overcome the stratification and insecurity at the bottom end of the labour market.

Download or read book Area Trends in Employment and Unemployment written by United States. Department of Labor. Manpower Administration and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplement issued bimonthly, April 1961-June 1963.

Download or read book Employers and the Employment Option of the New Deal for Young Unemployed People written by Chris Hasluck and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: