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Recruitment and Training Among Large National Employers

Bates P, Johnson C, Gifford J

Learning and Skills Council, January 2008
ISBN: (no ISBN), pp. 113
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This research informs the Learning and Skills Council’s understanding of large national employers’ attitudes and practices in terms of recruitment and training. Specifically, the research explores:

whether employers prefer to recruit ‘ready-made’ staff externally or to train ‘in-house’, and whom they believe has the main responsibility for providing a skilled workforce

recruitment practices, and especially the relative roles of qualifications and skills in the sifting process

the role of head or national offices in developing training plans and how far these are developed nationally or devolved to local sites

the training ‘ethos’ of companies, including what levels of employee typically receive training and whether the company’s views on particular skills are filtered through to its suppliers

the different methods companies use to retain staff and what role training plays in this

the perceived benefits of training.

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