Government Social Research
Document summary: This is a section from a multi-page document entitled Employer Perspectives on the Recruitment, Retention and Advancement of Low-pay, Low-status Employees - July 2003. A more detailed overview of the document is at the Executive summary.
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1.2 Background influences on low-pay, low-status jobs
1.2.1 Good employers and bad employers?
1.2.2 Well skilled or no skills?
1.2.3 Segmentation across the labour market
1.2.4 Small businesses, small establishments
1.2.5 Springboard, or dead-end jobs?
2.3 Training and career development
2.4 Employer perspectives on key groups of disadvantaged jobseekers
2.4.1 18-24-year-olds outside the formal education system
2.4.3 Recent welfare claimants
2.4.5 Different kinds of work: permanent or temporary? Full-time or part-time?
3.1 Secondary labour-market information
4. Entry Problems and Experiences
4.1 How serious are these constraints?
4.3 Evidence from welfare programme directors
4.4.1 Costs associated with working, and loss of non-wage income
4.4.3 Childcare costs and access to childcare
4.5 Willingness of employers to reduce impact of constraints
4.6 Removing constraints, or signposting ways to make progress?
5. Employers and Public Programmes
5.1.3 Conclusions about case management
5.2.1 Financial incentives to individuals
5.2.2 Financial incentives to welfare programmes
5.2.3 Financial incentives to employers
5.2.6 Conclusions on financial incentives
6. Career Advancement
6.1 Experiences of advancement in welfare programmes
6.2 Elements of career advancement strategies
7. Bibliography
Appendix
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