Long Term Unemployment in the Humberside Area

The skill mismatch between the pool of long‐term unemployed and job vacancies in the Hull travel to work area is focused on, with data provided by a survey, the Training Agency and the National On‐line Manpower Information Service (NOMIS). A brief account of the industrial and employment structure of Humberside is given, together with an overall view of unemployment trends in the area and the various trends in the demand for labour as revealed by official statistics.