Exploring Local Areas Skills And Unemployment

Author : Becci Newton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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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).