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DWP employers survey
— a report of research carried out by the BMRB Social Research on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions | | Author(s) | Nick Coleman, Ken Seeds, Gareth Edwards |
| Corporate Author | BMRB Social Research; Department for Work and Pensions - DWP |
| Publisher | Corporate Document Services, Leeds, 2007 |
| Pages | 89 pp (Department for Work and Pensions Research report, no 419) |
| Source | Corporate Document Services, 7 Eastgate, Leeds LS2 7LY. Email: orderline@cds.co.uk Website: www.cds.co.uk |
| Keywords | Employers ; Recruitment ; Non-manual workers ; Manual workers ; Quantitative studies. |
| Annotation | People with no qualifications have low employment rates when compared with the working age population as a whole. In February 2006, BMRB was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to conduct a quantitative study to identify employers' practices and preferences in filling low-skilled vacancies, specifically: the methods used in recruiting for low-skilled jobs, and the key characteristics that employers look for when recruiting. The survey covers the 30% of the employer population in the UK who had recruited (or tried to recruit) for low-skilled vacancies in the previous 12 months. A total of 3,682 interviews were carried out by telephone, with a response rate of 66%. This report presents findings on vacancy details, recruitment and selection methods, skills, over-qualified applicants, and training. Section 2.2 of the report indicates that employers were less likely to recruit people aged 50+, with the exception of the education, health and social care sectors who were more likely to recruit people aged 50+ than the under 25s. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070412003 B |
| Classmark | TF: WK6: T8: TB: 3DQ |
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