Wednesday, November 03, 2010

"Key to boosting job hopes lies in training and placement"

As part of an Irish Times series on the unemployment crisis, equally neglected by government and commentators, the Geary Institute's Liam Delaney discusses the contribution of active labour market policies.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How effective has the IBEC Intern programme proved to be? Your correpondent might have checked even the participant levels and compared them with the FAS Workplace Programme srvicing a simlar cohort before name checking the programme!

Anonymous said...

The Irish Business and Employers’ Confederation (Ibec) has been running a programme matching graduates to companies for internships. How effective is it? How does the level of participants compare with the comparable FAS programme? What do either of these programmes offer as assured work experience or certifiable placements of value to career development?