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Jobsearch: A Review of the Literature Prior to the Jobseeker’s Allowance

This study draws together evidence about people's jobsearch activities prior to the introduction of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) in October 1996. The study was commissioned by the Employment Service as part of its programme to evaluate the impact of the JSA. This publication is no longer available.

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Employers, Recruitment and the Unemployed

How do employers regard the unemployed jobseeker? Do they treat unemployed applicants any differently from 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 and face-to-face interview.