Steven Nuttall is 50 years old, but he’s never learned to read and write. Unemployed for the last decade, he’s picked up a range of odd-jobs during his life, like selling popcorn and working on the fairgrounds, but never enough … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged Financial Risk, NCVO, Partnership, payment by results, unemployment, Work Programme |
By coincidence a lot of the work I was doing last week began to focus on ‘older people’. Some of this, as you would expect, concerned unemployment amongst the over 50s. My parents and my in-laws have all faced, or … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged Older Workers, over 50s, unemployment |
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 |
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 |
In the 20 or so years I have been working to support unemployed people back into work, the political and economic landscape of the UK has changed considerably. After I graduated from university, I was unemployed for a while. Like … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged unemployment, Work Programme, Youth unemployment |
Another stagnant set of employment figures were released last week and there is rightly a continued focus on education, young people, employment and skills. I was recently a Counsellor at One Young World. This a ‘mini-Davos’ styled event which brought … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Growth, entrepreneurialism and thriving places, Youth unemployment, skills and careers advice |Tagged Enterprise, Entrepreneurship, global business, One Young World, Social Business, unemployment |
Another set of grim employment stats came out yesterday. Over recent months this has been followed every time by bleak media commentary on employment, particularly for young people. This can be very demoralising. So I thought it might be interesting … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Growth, entrepreneurialism and thriving places, Youth unemployment, skills and careers advice |Tagged Telegraph, unemployment, Work Programme, Youth unemployment |
A relative of mine, over 50 – through very sad circumstances – has begun to look for work. He had lived as a home carer and husband/father for many years. I found myself immediately returning to habits I developed when … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs |Tagged Older Workers, transferable skills, unemployment |
