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  What's Happening in Recruitment?

  Wolfe H | Dec 2000 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Recruitment intermediaries, or agencies, had been having a tough time since 2002 but signs suggested that the market was picking up and agencies had shown increased confidence since the second half of 2003. While there might be difficulties ahead, recruitment agencies still had a viable future, so what was happening to keep recruitment businesses buoyant, and where were the threats?

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  Flexibility at Work. Balancing the Interests of Employer and Employee

  Reilly P | Oct 2000 | Gower

  Flexibility at Work brings clarity to this misunderstood subject. It will show you how to obtain the business benefits of flexibility through an approach which addresses the needs of both employer and employee. Peter Reilly breaks down flexibility into five different types, from functional through to financial. He introduces a model of how mutual flexibility might be developed and the preconditions necessary to make it successful. Along the way he cites much evidence of how employers are introducing alternative working arrangements that provide benefits to both parties. This publication is no longer available.

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  Skillset National and Regional Consortia Research Toolkit

  Maginn A | Oct 2000 | Skillset

  The Toolkit was written for Skillset national and regional Consortia. Its purpose was to assist staff in those organisations involved in commissioning or using research. This publication is no longer available.

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  Free, Fair and Efficient? Open internal job advertising

  Hirsh W, Pollard E, Tamkin P | Jul 2000 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Many major UK employers moved during the 1990s to more open internal job markets. These give the job of filling internal vacancies to the line manager (who 'owns' the vacancy) and employees who will see the job advertised and apply for it. This report looks at how this change has been working in practice in both private and public sectors, examines the dilemmas and offers a model of how to balance key tensions.

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  Measuring Soft Outcomes and Distance Travelled: A Review of Current Practice

  Dewson S, Eccles J, Tackey N D, Jackson A | Jul 2000 | Department for Education and Employment

  Monitoring systems for employment programmes targeting unemployed people have traditionally focused on 'hard', quantitative outcomes such as the numbers going into jobs or gaining qualifications. However, it is often both unlikely and inappropriate for projects to expect to achieve 'hard' outcomes from target groups that are facing multiple barriers to employment. IES was commissioned to look at the use of 'soft', qualitative outcomes on projects funded by the European Social Fund (ESF).

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  Graduate Salaries and Vacancies 2000 Half Yearly Review

  Barber L, Regan J | Jun 2000 | Association of Graduate Recruiters

  This Half Yearly Review, published by the Association of Graduate Recruiters for their members, replaces the earlier series of AGR Summer Updates. The review includes key findings on starting salaries, recruitment, shortfalls, retention, work experience and sponsorship, and recruitment techniques. This publication is no longer available.

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  The IES Annual Graduate Review, 2000

  A diverse and fragmented market

  Pearson R, Aston J, Bates P, Jagger N | Feb 2000 | Institute for Employment Studies

  The IES Annual Graduate Review provides the latest information on trends and assessments of future prospects for the graduate labour market. It includes key facts, figures and commentary on the main changes influencing student demand, the changing characteristics of the student population, and graduates' experiences in a more diverse labour market.

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  Nurturing Conservators

  The Early Career Paths of Conservation Graduates

  Jagger N, Aston J | Dec 1999 | Institute for Employment Studies

  The increasing levels of self employment amongst conservators is changing the skills and attributes required for professional development. This report presents the results of a comprehensive study undertaken for the Museums & Galleries Commission.

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  Labour Market Information for Higher Education Institutions: a Guide

  Maginn A, Dench S | Dec 1999 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This guide is written for two groups of people. First, it is for people in higher education institutions (HEIs) who use, or would like to use, regional and local labour market information in planning activity. It is also designed for agencies who commission and produce regional and local labour market, skills, and economic reports, eg Regional Development Agencies (RDAs).

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  The Art of Getting Started: Graduate skills in a fragmented labour market

  La Valle I, O'Regan S, Jackson C | Dec 1999 | Institute for Employment Studies

  There is a growing recognition of the need to enhance graduates' employability for them to find suitable jobs in an increasingly diverse and competitive labour market. The 'employability' debate has centred on the adequacy of the skills graduates develop during their courses. There is growing consensus that it is no longer sufficient for graduates to possess traditional academic and subject specific skills. Nowadays graduates need to develop a range of interpersonal and transferable skills to be able to adapt to changing market circumstances and organisational needs.