...Joanne Raybould; Victoria Sheedy Purpose To discuss employability and skills requirements for graduates from a graduate recruiter's point of view. Design/methodology/approach To look at key graduate recruitment organisations and explain what skills programmes are available...

... Small firms benefit from being "family-friendly" Keywords: SMEs, Employment © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> SMEs Employment Family-friendly policies towards employees are good for business. This is the message now for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Employment Growth Labour market Information technology Jobs growth driven by customers and IT Keywords: Employment, Growth, Labour market, Information technology Business leaders say jobs in customer services, IT, sales and marketing...

..., it is hoped that urban populations may escape from the ghettos of the past. Because, where there is a high concentration of social problems, there is also the potential to reach a range of local players, hungry for learning. © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Employment Integration Partnerships...

...Franco Civelli In recent years, it has become more and more important to recognize people’s characteristics which are no longer “immutable”. Hence the path followed with competences, the approach in the organizational world called “the competence based approach”. “Employability” highlights...

... employability is seen as the responsibility of the individual. Respondents were dissatisfied with the quality of people beginning their careers, especially below graduate level. A need was seen for a long‐term view of preparation of young people for work, beginning with parents and guardians, who should lay...

...Marion Estiénne Discusses the organizational culture appropriate to new forms of “employability” as being characterized by its success in challenging and empowering its staff, motivating them, and even satisfying their needs for belongingness in today’s downsizing environment. These characteristics...

..., still in its infancy and this article raises some issues, provision for which has not yet been made adequately. Reference is made to an approach, currently being considered for use in a major financial organisation based in the UK. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Employment Management development...

... to deploy the labour force. © MCB UP Limited 1985 Business Environment Employment REVIEW The Small Firm Illusion by John Wellens I review here the Small-is-Beautiful syndrome, which, in job creation circles, implies that there exists a vast reservoir of jobs for those brave enough...