Publications

Labour Market Information for Higher Education Institutions: a Guide

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).

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

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.

An Evaluation of Homeworking in ACAS

ACAS commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies to conduct a wide-ranging investigation of homeworking in ACAS, examining both for trends in working arrangements and attitudes to office and home based work. The findings were set within the context of a discussion on developments in homeworking over the last quarter of the 20th century, including a review of research literature relating to the subject.

Science Skills Issues: The Provision and Use of Science Skills

The Secretary of State for Education and Employment established the Skills Task Force to assist in developing a National Skills Agenda. This paper is one of a series commissioned by the Task Force, focussing on the issues surrounding the provision and use of science skills in the UK economy. This publication is no longer available.

Employability and Employers: the missing piece of the jigsaw

This report pins down the concept of employability into a workable definition. Based on a review of approaches adopted in a series of case study organisations, it develops an emerging framework of appropriate employer responses, and provides a checklist to help employers develop comprehensive policy and practice.

Employers as Customers

This publication is no longer available. This report presents the findings of a study into employers' use of Jobcentre services. The research contributes to the Employment Service's aim of ensuring that its customer service strategy remains relevant, by identifying what employers experience, like, don't like and would want to see when using Jobcentres. The research centred on a telephone survey of over 800 employers during February and March 1999.

Occupational Pensions and Disabled People

This report examines how occupational pension schemes operate and how they treat disabled people. The study aimed to assist the Disability Rights Task Force in assessing what changes (if any) might be appropriate to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) relating to occupational pensions.

The Human Resource Information System Audit

A six-step audit to evaluate and improve the effectiveness and performance of your HR information system