When I left University, over 20 years ago, the career landscape for graduates was very different to the one the latest generation of learners is navigating now. I was perhaps unusual in shunning the job offer I grafted for before … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Youth unemployment, skills and careers advice |Tagged Apprenticeships, employment, higher education, skills, universities, vocational education, Work Programme, Young People |
Just before the turn of the year the Ministry of Justice and Department for Work and Pensions produced a joint analysis of the criminal records of benefit claimants. This was the first joint report of its kind. If you missed … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged employment, financial support, health, housing, payment by results, recidivism, reoffending, skills, Social Networks |
Christmas can be a tough time if you’re out of work. Decisions on hiring will slow down in the latter part of December before picking up again in the second part of January. So, how can this time be used … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged Jobsearch, skills, unemployment |
Following on from the monthly employment statistics, there has rightly been a significant amount of attention on how to support young people into the labour market. As a number of people have commented in the media, this is not a … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Youth unemployment, skills and careers advice |Tagged Outcome funded, skills, Work Programme, Youth unemployment |
With unemployment reaching a 17-year high today – and youth joblessness smashing the 1m barrier – it is going to feel tough out there for those looking for work. Inflation is down a bit, but the CIPD is pessimistic about … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged labour market, recruitment, relocation, skills, unemployment |
Since 2005 A4e has been working in a number of prisons to provide skills and education programmes to prisoners, to help their chances of getting a job when they are released and also to help longer term inmates develop new … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged integration, Justice reforms, reoffending, skills |
If you are a people person who would like the opportunity to work abroad as well in the UK, then a job within the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry could be just what you’re looking for. The wide variety of … View Complete Post
Posted in Features, Resources |Tagged Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism, Management, skills, Training |
One of the key areas where we suffer a lack of join up in the UK is between our employment and skills funding for young people. In the 90′s, welfare to work provision evolved from the ‘adult and youth training’ … View Complete Post
Posted in 4Governments, Blogs, Youth unemployment, skills and careers advice |Tagged Personal Budgets, skills, Training, Youth unemployment |
Looking for a job is hard enough and it can be even harder when you want a specific job role. It is easy to get used to a certain industry and changing your job role can often be scarier than … View Complete Post
Posted in Resources |Tagged career, jobs, skills, volunteering |I had a really interesting and wide ranging discussion with The Spectator* (and you’ll need Flash installed to access it) recently with Andrew Dutton. It ranged across debt, welfare, personal budgets, impact of immigration on skills and employment in the UK, … View Complete Post
Posted in 4Governments, Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged India, Poland, Roy Newey, skills, Spectator |
