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JobsPlus is a voluntary community-led, hyperlocal employment support programme designed to help people in social housing communities find work. This partnership paper presents the findings from the JobsPlus pilot evaluation which relate to working with local partners, summarising the wide-spread benefits of this approach.
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These top tips have been developed as part of the Labour Market Evidence programme, a partnership with Learning and Work institute. They share practical lessons on designing, delivering and evaluating local work and health programmes. They are designed for local and regional policy, delivery, data and evaluation teams, and senior decision makers.
This publication was authored by Linda Miller before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Valerie Garrow before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Valerie Garrow and Wendy Hirsh. This is not an IES publication.
As we move into the global Information Society, a profound restructuring of work is taking place across Europe. New, flexible forms of employment offer both opportunities and threats. Whilst they open up new possibilities for groups previously disadvantaged in the labour market, they also create new forms of insecurity for those who used to think they had a permanent, full-time job for life. This publication is no longer available.
This paper gives a summary overview of the results of about 100 evaluation studies of active labour market programmes in the 1990s from OECD member countries. It also summarises the main evaluation methods used and their advantages and drawbacks. In particular the advantages of 'target oriented' rather than 'programme oriented' evaluation research for policy makers are shown.
This study focuses on the benefits of learning both to the individual and to the organisation. If the returns to learning were clearly understood by employers and others, would more learning accrue? This publication is no longer available.
This publication was authored by Kari Hadjivassiliou before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Kari Hadjivassiliou before she joined IES.
This report presents the results of a national survey of the career attitudes of female and male accountants. The survey was commissioned by Women in Accountancy to ascertain the views of professionally qualified accountants from all six CCAB bodies towards their current and future careers. As the number of women entering the accountancy profession increases, the survey identifies similarities and differences in the career experiences of women and men, and key HR challenges facing the profession. The report aims to stimulate debate about how careers in accountancy might develop in the future.
The IES Annual Graduate Review included key facts, figures and commentary on the main changes influencing the HE experience, the changing characteristics of the student population, and graduates’ experiences in a more diverse labour market. In 1997-1998 special attention was given to the implications of the Dearing Inquiry for graduate employment and graduate recruiters. This publication is no longer available.
