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Employers are from Mars, young people are from Venus: Addressing the young people/jobs mismatch

Rüdiger K; Chartered Institute for Personnel & Development (CIPD)

IES contributed to the social media chapter to this study, published by CIPD. The report reveals a clear mismatch between employers’ expectations of young people during the recruitment process and young people’s understanding of what is expected of them.

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Organisational Values and the Role of HR: A review of current thinking

This paper, exclusive to HR Network members, considers existing definitions of values before exploring the current thinking on establishing and embedding organisational values and the part that HR has to play in these processes.

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Skills shortages could affect Welsh economy

Employment in Wales is predicted to increase by 71,000 jobs between 2010 and 2020, according to the latest National Strategic Skills Audit for Wales 2012 (NSSAW), prepared jointly by IES and the Institute for Employment Research for the Welsh Government.

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