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  • Lessons from Lockdown: No going back

    What we have learned from working at home during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Parry, J., Young, Z., Bevan, S., Veliziotis, M., Baruch, Y.,Beigi, M., Bajorek, Z., Richards,S. and Tochia,C. (2022)  | Mar 2022 | Institute for Employment Studies/Work After Lockdown

    The Work After Lockdown project has completed three waves of research, relating to distinct phases of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions introduced in the UK. This report presents insights from the waves of data collection and summarises the learnings and implications for employers and policy makers.

  • ‘Human resources come of age?’

    The roles and structure of the HR function in a post Covid-19 landscape

    Brown, D | Feb 2022 | Institute for Employment Studies

    HR functions have played a key role in the corporate responses to the pandemic, this paper highlights four shifts underway in HR’s role and response to this human crisis.

  • Using interactive, video learning with AI to improve soft skills acquisition

    Evaluation report

    Cockett J, Cook J, Newton B | Feb 2022 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report covers evidence from the development, implementation and early evaluation of a new soft skills learning package aimed at helping learners better understand the importance of soft skills and how they are demonstrated during the job interview process.

  • HR Network event: What are we learning about managing a hybrid workforce?

    Claire Campbell and Zofia Bajorek | Feb 2022 | HR Network

    Claire Campbell and Zofia Bajorek's slides from the HR Network event: What are we learning about managing a hybrid workforce?

  • Labour Market Statistics, February 2022

    Feb 2022 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 15 February 2022.

  • Cancer and employment survey

    Summary of key findings

    Bevan S, Wilson B | Feb 2022 | Institute for Employment Studies / Working with Cancer

    In this survey of over 1200 people living with cancer, we explore the factors which make a successful, sustainable and fulfilling return to work more likely, and consider the barriers which remain for those returning to work during or after treatment.

  • Enhancing creative education

    Williams J, Pollard E, Cook J, Byford M | Feb 2022 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report aims to understand how creative education in secondary schools is seeking to meet the skills requirements of creative industries and the impact of the pandemic on such endeavours.

  • New perspectives on recruitment to the construction industry

    A report to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)

    Pollard E, Gloster R, Mason B, Osbourne E | Feb 2022 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The construction industry experiences recruitment difficulties and skills shortages and has a relative lack of workforce diversity. It is therefore considering ways to both increase the volume and the diversity of its talent pipeline.

  • Labour Market Statistics, January 2022

    Jan 2022 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 18 January 2022.

  • Perspectives on HR 2021

    A collection of HR Network member papers published throughout 2021

    Campbell C, Hirsh W, Bajorek Z, Ranasinghe U, Poole K, Brown D, Lucy D, Bevan S | Dec 2021 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Over the course of 2021, IES has provided insight to our HR Network members on how the pandemic is affecting employers and our workforce through our Perspectives papers.