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  Graduate Salaries and Vacancies 1997

  La Valle I, Perryman S | Nov 1996 | Association of Graduate Recruiters

  This publication is no longer available.

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  Leaving Employment Early

  Dench S, Norton R | Oct 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This is a survey of people taking early retirement from seven large employers, all of which were going through major programmes of change and reductions in employee numbers. The report investigates their attitudes towards early retirement, and their attachment to and subsequent experiences in the labour market. It explores their financial situation, the types of advice and support available to them, and the adequacy of these.

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  Teleworking and Rural Development

  Huws U, Honey S, Morris S | Oct 1996 | Rural Development Commission

  This report examines the geographical distribution of various forms of teleworking, and differentiates between 'prosperous rural' and 'peripheral rural' areas on grounds of accessibility, income levels and local economies. The impacts and opportunities of various forms of teleworking on rural areas are assessed, including the kinds of infrastructure, training and marketing support that will be required. This publication is no longer available.

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  Teleworking and Gender

  Huws U, Podro S, Gunnarsson E, Weijers T, Arvanitaki K, Trova V | Sep 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Teleworking is becoming an increasingly important part of working life. But does it makes a positive or a negative contribution to sexual equality? Ursula Huws has been studying teleworking for nearly two decades. Here, she and her colleagues review the evidence and present the results of a unique survey which, for the first time, compares the experiences of male and female teleworkers from the same occupational group.

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  Human Resource Planning: an Introduction

  Reilly P | Aug 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This report investigates the changing context of human resource planning in a more turbulent world. It considers what role it may play in future and under what circumstances. It also illustrates the uses of human resource planning, not through detailing techniques, but by practical examples. The work is based on interviews with human resource planning practitioners, a literature review and IES consultancy experience.

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  The Recruitment and Retention of People with Disabilities

  Dench S, Meager N, Morris S | Feb 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This report updates a previous IES study, exploring employers' policies, practices and attitudes towards the employment of people with disabilities. The study examines employers' perceptions of the employability of people with various disabilities, and the extent to which they are prepared to accommodate disabled employees.

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  Developing Responsiveness

  College-Employer Interaction

  Rawlinson S, Connor H | Jan 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This publication is no longer available. IES investigated the nature of interaction between colleges and employers, and the factors promoting or inhibiting success. The study was commissioned jointly by the Further Education Funding Council, the Council for Industry and Higher Education, and the Department for Education and Employment. The work was carried out during 1995 and involved interviews with 75 employers, five TECs, and staff and students from 19 colleges. This report presents the findings, and provides a functional model for the management and development of college interaction with employers.

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  Contemporary Issues in Industrial Relations: Implications for WIRS

  Atkinson J, Hillage J, Thompson M | Dec 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This publication is no longer available.

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  Employers’ Use of the NVQ System

  Spilsbury M, Moralee J, Evans C | Nov 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This publication is no longer available. In this study, IES revisited its 1993 study of the take-up and use of National Vocational Qualifications to examine progress, involving a survey of 758 employers across England and Wales. It examined the influences of size, ownership and sector on employers’ use of NVQs, their understanding of them, and penetration of NVQs in those employers that do use them.

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  Skills Requirements and Priorities in the Environmental Sciences

  Court G, Jagger N, Moralee J | Oct 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This report assesses the labour market for environmental scientists with postgraduate qualifications. It looks first at trends in the number of individuals leaving university with qualifications in the environmental sciences and the kinds of work they do. This publication is no longer available.