Publications

This report presents the findings of an in-depth exploration of the skills employers look for in IT professionals, and how their requirements are changing. To operate effectively in modern organisations, it is not enough to be highly skilled technically, and this study explores the range of skills needed. IT specialists need, more than ever, to understand and identify the interplay between IT and business needs.

This study examines how managers learn and what kind of learning really makes a difference, through the experiences of individual managers and those that work with them. It shows how certain learning events allow managers to change their thinking and personal styles and become more reflective, action focused, innovative, strategic and people orientated.

This publication is no longer available. This study presents findings from a national survey of 2,000 disabled people of working age who have a long-term disability or health problem, and those who have had such a disability, in line with the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. For these people getting a job is very important, but adaptations to allow many to stay in a job are not often offered. One in six has experienced work-related discrimination. Disabled people in employment are more likely to work in manual and lower skilled occupations and those from ethnic minorities are more likely to be unemployed. Average take-home pay of disabled employees is notably lower than for non-disabled workers.

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.

This book sounds a warning bell for the NHS. It paints a very clear picture of the challenges ahead, plugging many of the information gaps which previously made it impossible to pull together a comprehensive overview of the nursing labour market. This publication is no longer available.

The Supported Employment Programme, run by the Employment Service, aimed to provide jobs for people with severe disabilities, either in factories run by Supported Employment providers or in Supported Placements in host companies. This research provided estimates, using a variety of data sources, of the extent to which the supply of Supported Employment opportunities matched actual and potential demand on a geographical basis.

This publication is no longer available.

This report provides the findings from a major review of the research literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma-related mental health. It examines the historical development of our understanding of trauma, and the current definitions available for PTSD. The organisational and legal implications of trauma are explored, as well as the data available on the scale and prevalence of trauma for different occupational groups.

In 1993, the Department of Employment introduced a national grant initiative to stimulate the development of out-of-school clubs. This study examines provision in Kent, along with other activities run by Kent Child Care Network and Kent Returners Network. It evaluates the experiences and views of parents and club managers. The report also looks at the experiences of a group of parents and grandparents who attended a parenting skills course.

This book identifies the two key problems facing senior managers and HR directors: employees' feelings of mistrust and insecurity, and their effects on the employment relationship; and the speed of organisational change which requires employees to make continuous transitions. This book shows that the management of careers in organisations is still possible if career transitions are negotiated with employees, supported by management, and hence recreate trust.