Publications

This briefing paper for IES members weaves together a summary of what IES knows about e-recruitment (or online recruitment, Internet recruitment, web-based recruiting) based upon its own research together with collection of key literature and other published research.

This report describes how the labour market in Scotland for graduates changed between 1993/95 and 2001/03, and examined what effect the large increase in the supply of graduates had on the labour market experience of graduates in Scotland. This publication is no longer available.

There has been much concern over the productivity of the UK economy which, despite being the fourth largest economy in the world, has seen productivity levels gradually fall behind competitor nations. In part this has focused on the degree to which UK management capability is lacking in some way. This view has been supported by studies which have shown that UK managers tend to be less qualified and receive less training than others in Europe and elsewhere.

This publication was authored by Catherine Rickard (née Chubb) before she joined IES.

This report presents the findings from the research into 'Maximising the Role of Outreach in Client Engagement' commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions. Outreach has been used as a mechanism to deliver elements of welfare to work services in local community settings and this research set out to determine what makes for effective outreach provision, and conversely to look at the factors that serve to inhibit successful outreach services.

This report presents the findings from a Review of Action Teams for Jobs undertaken from June 2005 to February 2006. The review a consultation exercise to gather information from all 65 Action Teams; interviews with key national policy and operational staff; analysis of Management Information data (from April 2004 to March 2005); and six detailed case studies to examine the experience of six different Action Teams.

The Universities and Colleges Employers Association commissioned IES to undertake research exploring patterns in the recruitment and retention of staff in higher education. The research also examined the methods by which higher education employers monitor and measure workforce changes and the solutions found by higher education institutions in dealing with any shortages.

This paper presents the findings of an IES study examining the various ways in which major employers offer a specialist career support service to their employees. The project collected information in a number of ways. Fifteen major employing organisations sent written responses to an email survey and an additional nine case study organisations participated through in-depth discussions. Twenty seven interviews were conducted with employers, representatives from public career services, professional bodies, training providers for career professionals in higher education and in the private sector, practising career coaches and occupational psychologists.

It is only over the past decade or so that bullying and harassment have emerged as prominent issues on the workplace agenda. This growing interest is not confined to the UK: a report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (2003) reports that incidence rates of violence, bullying and sexual harassment have increased in member states, although the report notes that it it difficult to say how much the increase is owing to raised awareness of the issues.

This expert paper explores the nature and dynamics of the wider care workforce. In doing so, it considers the expected expanded contribution by the voluntary sector, community organisations and charities, and social enterprises, alongside users and their carers. It goes on to explore issues of gender, age, ethnicity, qualifications and other background descriptors of the wider care workforce.