Employability and Local Labour Market Policy

ISBN-13: 9780415376303 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 168 str.

Ronald W. McQuaid; Anne Green; Mike Danson

Opis

The papers in this book help progress the concept of employability, demonstrating the importance of the geographic and spatial context, and showing its flexibility and usefulness as a basis for theory, analysis and policy.

Spis treści

Introducing Employability.  The Concept of Employability.  Employability, Skills Mismatch and Spatial Mismatch in Metropolitan Labour Markets.  Employing the Unemployed: Some Case Study Evidence on the Role and Practice of Employers.  Social Labour, Employability and Social Exclusion: Pre-Employment Training for Call Centre Work.  Employability and Enterprise: Evidence from the North East.  Old Industrial Regions and Employability.  Young People, Job Search and Local Labour Markets.  Employability, Services for Unemployed Jobseekers and the Digital Divide.  Extending Employability or Solving Employers' Recruitment Problems? Demand-Led Approaches as an Instrument of Labour Market Policy.