Better skills and employment integration needed, says BIS
22 March 2013
There is much room for improvement in both the implementation of skills provision and employment services in the UK – and crucially in the integration of the two, according to a new report for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
Fri, 22 Mar 2013
There is much room for improvement in both the implementation of skills provision and employment services in the UK – and crucially in the integration of the two, according to a new report for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The Employment, Partnership and Skills paper, available online, was carried out by the Institute for Employment Studies on behalf of BIS and the Department for Work and Pensions.
The report also finds that employer-facing staff at Jobcentres “were being very creative in how they approached employer engagement” especially given reduced staffing levels in their teams.
However, negative publicity around work experience at a national level had sometimes made it difficult for Jobcentres to secure such placements, it also notes.
There is much room for improvement in both the implementation of skills provision and employment services in the UK – and crucially in the integration of the two, according to a new report for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The Employment, Partnership and Skills paper, available online, was carried out by the Institute for Employment Studies on behalf of BIS and the Department for Work and Pensions.
The report also finds that employer-facing staff at Jobcentres “were being very creative in how they approached employer engagement” especially given reduced staffing levels in their teams.
However, negative publicity around work experience at a national level had sometimes made it difficult for Jobcentres to secure such placements, it also notes.
