This paper discusses the potential value of local, partnership-based employability training and job guarantee programmes, focusing on one example—the ‘Alloa Initiative’. The Initiative involved an employability training and job guarantee scheme developed in partnership with Tesco, a major retailer, in preparation for the opening of one of the company’s new stores. This paper reports on the outp...

INTRODUCTION The employment status of mentally ill patients is a reflection of their productivity, control of illness besides providing therapeutic benefits and integration into mainstream society. Owing to the associated stigma, self-reporting of mental illness (SRMI) often is rare. Census exercise of India in 2011 provides an insight of SRMI and employment status of such people. This study wa...

There is no information on what exactly quality is as perceived by the public as the potential recipients of education programs to guide policy makers to deliver quality. This study explored the determinants of quality of education program as perceived by the public. This study is important because a quality concept starts from customers according to which the providers should develop their pro...

UNLABELLED The purpose of this study was to examine the impact that stuttering has on job performance and employability. The method involved administration of a 17-item survey that was completed by 232 people who stutter, age 18 years or older. Results indicated that more than 70% of people who stutter agreed that stuttering decreases one's chances of being hired or promoted. More than 33% of p...

Introduction This editorial introduces a theme issue on `̀ New Perspectives on Employability and Labour Market Policy''. The papers that follow were developed by participants in a cross-national research network established with the support of the Regional Studies Association, which aimed to share knowledge on both the individual and spatial dimensions of employability and labour market exclusio...

Drawing on the conversation of resource theory, this study investigated relationship between academic justice climate and their employability. We considered potential mediating role researchers’ psychological security moderating resilience. Using two-wave time-lagged data collected from 432 researchers in universities research insinuations China, we found that was positively related to employab...

This study used the dynamic scenario simulation of system dynamics to perform simulation on the effects of education policies, trend of employment demand, and employability qualities of vocational college graduates on the development of employment demand in Taiwan’s technology industry. According to the research results, dynamic situational simulation of system dynamics can be used to simulate ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the contribution of psychological symptoms to limited employability for medical reasons in the British Armed Forces. METHODS A sample of 4500 military personnel was randomly selected to receive either a full or an abridged questionnaire. The questionnaires asked whether the participant was medically downgraded and if yes, the reason for it. The full questionnaire incl...

PURPOSE We conducted this study to determine the preferences of anesthesia residents training in Canada for fellowship training, research, and future practice location and to identify the factors that influence those preferences. METHODS Using a cross-sectional study design, a survey was sent to all anesthesia residents enrolled at an accredited Canadian anesthesiology residency program (N = ...

Although there is a widely held view that adult learning has a positive impact on wellbeing, only recently has this proposition been systematically tested. The paper reviews recent research findings on the influence of adult learning on earnings and employability, both of which may influence well-being indirectly. These are more important for some groups than others: in economically advanced so...