Linda Barber
BA
Principal Associate
linda.barber@employment-studies.co.uk
+44(0)1273 763 400
Now a Principal Associate, Linda originally joined IES in 1991 having graduated in Psychology and Computer Models. Until 2010, she was an IES Senior Consultant in the area of human resource management, and was involved in and led many research and consultancy studies for organisations in the public and private sectors.
Her main areas of experience are recruitment and retention, staff attitudes, employee learning and development, and graduates. Linda also led the UK’s leading research that showed how employee attitudes and customer satisfaction can be linked to bottom line business performance measures.
Linda also has extensive experience of labour market research, particularly the graduate labour market. She takes forward the Institute’s work on employers’ demand for graduates and retention issues and developed the IES Graduate Value Chain. She also lead the bi-annual Salaries and Vacancies surveys for the Association of Graduate recruiters for three years.
She has been involved with the design and analysis of numerous attitude surveys and her work in Employee Learning and Development has involved auditing career and development processes. She has also been involved with evaluating internal vacancy filling systems and an MBA programme. During 1999 she also helped evaluate the impact of Investors in People in the Civil Service.
Research publications
- On Becoming an NHS Chief Executive, Barber L, , NHS Yorkshire and the Humber, Jan 2010
- Career Paths of Chief Executives - Research report, Barber L, , NHS Yorkshire and the Humber, Jan 2010
- Career Paths of Chief Executives - Personal journeys and reflections, Barber L, , NHS Yorkshire and the Humber, Apr 2009
- The Brighton Factor, Pollard E, Cowling M, Barber L, Millmore B, Hunt W, Report 450, Institute for Employment Studies, Apr 2008
- e-Recruitment, Reilly P, Barber L, , Public Appointments Service, Ireland, Jul 2006
- eRecruitment Developments, Barber L, HR Network Paper MP63, Institute for Employment Studies, Mar 2006
- CSR for Employers, Barber L, HR Network Paper MP55, Institute for Employment Studies, Sep 2005
- CSR: Doing Good or Doing Good Business?, Barber L, Wolfe H, HR Network Paper MP54, Institute for Employment Studies, Aug 2005
- Fishing for Talent in a Wider Pool, Barber L, Hill D, Hirsh W, Tyers C, Report 421, Institute for Employment Studies, Feb 2005
- Higher Degrees of Freedom, Barber L, Pollard E, Millmore B, Gerova V, Report 410, Institute for Employment Studies, Aug 2004
- Your Graduates and You, Connor H, Hirsh W, Barber L, Report 400, Institute for Employment Studies, Sep 2003
- Measuring Up, Tyers C, Perryman S, Barber L, Report 401, Institute for Employment Studies, May 2003
- Choices and Transitions, Perryman S, Pollard E, Hillage J, Barber L, , HERDA-SW and South West Regional Development Agency, Feb 2003
- July 2002 Graduate Salaries and Vacancies Half Yearly Review, Barber L, Regan J, Papworth R, , Association of Graduate Recruiters, Jun 2002
- January 2002 Graduate Salaries and Vacancies, Barber L, Perryman S, , Association of Graduate Recruiters, Dec 2001
- July 2001 Graduate Salaries and Vacancies Half-Yearly Review, Barber L, Perryman S, , Association of Graduate Recruiters, Jun 2001
- Graduate Salaries and Vacancies 2001 Survey, Barber L, Perryman S, , Association of Graduate Recruiters, Dec 2000
- Graduate Salaries and Vacancies 2000 Half Yearly Review, Barber L, Regan J, , Association of Graduate Recruiters, Jun 2000
- Doing Business Better. The Long Term Impact of Investors in People, Tamkin P, Hillage J, Cummings J, Bates P, Barber L, Tackey N D, , Institute for Employment Studies, Feb 2000
- From People to Profits, Barber L, Hayday S, Bevan S, Report 355, Institute for Employment Studies, May 1999
- Learning to Manage, Tamkin P, Barber L, Report 345, Institute for Employment Studies, Jun 1998
- Keeping the Best: A Practical Guide to Retaining Key Employees, Bevan S, Barber L, Robinson D , Report 337, Institute for Employment Studies, Oct 1997
- Work Trials Employers Study, Atkinson J, Kodz J, Tackey N D, Barber L, O'Regan S, Manpower Commentary , Employment Service, Sep 1997
- From Admin to Strategy: the Changing Face of the HR Function, Tamkin P, Barber L, Dench S, Report 332, Institute for Employment Studies, May 1997
- Measuring the Personnel Function, Hirsh W, Bevan S, Barber L, Report 286, Institute for Employment Studies, May 1995
- Personal Development Plans: Case Studies of Practice, Tamkin P, Barber L, Hirsh W, Report 280, Institute for Employment Studies, Jan 1995
- A Head for Figures?, Stock J, Bevan S, Barber L, Report 262, Institute for Employment Studies, Jan 1994
- Women in the NHS: Experiences in South East Thames, Jackson C, Barber L, Report 249, Institute for Employment Studies, Dec 1993
Articles and chapters
- The journey to the job of chief executive, Barber L, Pickering C, Health Service Journal, June 2010
- Viewpoint: NHS chief executives provide a 'refreshingly different and positive story' about leadership in the UK, Barber L, Training Journal, June 2010
- Market forces, Barber L, HR and Training Journal, no. 6, June 2009
- Fishing for Talent in a Wider Pool, Barber L, Graduate Market Trends, AGR, Summer 2005
- Graduate Schemes - A Changing Picture, Connor H, Hirsh W, Barber L, Graduate Market Trends, CSU, Spring 2003
- The changing face of HR, Barber L, Dench S, Tamkin P, Quality World, August 1999
Conference appearances
- What graduates really want (and how do they expect to get there)?, Pollard E, Barber L, Millmore B, The Tough Guide to Graduate Recruitment, AGR Graduate Development Conference, AGR, London, March 2009
- Attracting and Developing Talent, Barber L, Hirsh W, HR Society, Hard Edge Workshop, HR Society, London, November 2005
- The Graduate Value Chain, Barber L, ACACHE conference, The Association of Careers Advisers in Colleges offering Higher Education, London, April 2004
- Measuring effectiveness using the scorecard concept, Barber L, Using scorecards to align people and business strategies, IRS/William M Mercer Ltd, London, March 2001
- Is Cinderella going to the ball? The relationship between customer and employer satisfaction, Pearson R, Barber L, Market Research Society conference, Market Research Society, Brighton, March 1999
- Retaining Key People, Robinson D, Barber L, IPD Recruitment Forum, IPD, London, March 1998