The Role of Skills from Worklessness into Sustainable Employment with Progression

Citation

Devins D, Bickerstaffe T, Nunn A, Mitchell B, McQuaid R, Egdell V & Lindsay C (2011) The Role of Skills from Worklessness into Sustainable Employment with Progression. Breuer Z (Editor) & Drake P (Editor) UK Commission for Employment and Skills. UKCES Evidence report, 38. http://www.ukces.org.uk/publications/er38-the-role-of-skills

Abstract
This study is shaped by the recognition that while there has been a great deal of policy development around the transition from unemployment and inactivity to employment over the last decade, policy can still be informed about how best to nurture sustainable employment for those at risk of labour market exclusion. There remain challenges associated with, for example, the cost-effectiveness of intervention, the „low pay no pay‟ cycle and access to training. As a consequence, the opportunities for sustainable progression, upward social mobility and alleviating poverty remain unrealised for many workers in lower paid occupations.

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Professor Ronald McQuaid

Emeritus Professor, Management, Work and Organisation