Employer Participation in Active Labour Market Policy: from Reactive Gatekeepers to Proactive Strategic Partners
Employer Participation in Active Labour Market Policy: from Reactive Gatekeepers to Proactive Strategic Partners
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雇主参与积极的劳动力市场政策：从被动的把关人到主动的战略合作伙伴
作者：
Michael Orton;A. Green;G. Atfield;S. Barnes
摘要积极的劳动力市场政策（ALMP）是一个行之有效的战略，但有一个方面被大大忽视-雇主参与-这是缺乏系统的证据。为什么以及如何雇主参与ALMP的问题，以及是否可能有一些转变，从雇主仅仅是被动的接受者的求职候选人有一个更积极主动和战略性的作用，是解决利用新的研究到人才匹配，当代英国就业能力计划，特别强调雇主的参与。研究结果指出，雇主作为工作被动守门人和/或积极主动的战略合作伙伴的角色之间存在概念上的区别，两者都很明显。有人认为，人才匹配方案显示出使雇主、求职者和方案提供者受益的潜力，而将政策下放到地方一级是一个可能的前进方向。然而，结论是，更广泛推广的障碍不一定是实践问题，而是政策的集中控制问题，特别是对供应方方法的承诺问题。经验，概念和政策的贡献，这一研究不足的主题。
Abstract Active labour market policy (ALMP) is a well-established strategy but one aspect is greatly neglected – employer participation – about which there is a lack of systematic evidence. The question of why and how employers participate in ALMP, and whether there may be some shift from employers solely being passive recipients of job-ready candidates to having a more proactive and strategic role, is addressed by drawing on new research into Talent Match, a contemporary UK employability programme which places particular emphasis on employer involvement. The research findings point to a conceptual distinction between employers’ roles as being reactive gatekeepers to jobs and/or being proactive strategic partners, with both evident. It is argued that the Talent Match programme demonstrates potential to benefit employers, jobseekers and programme providers, with devolution of policy to the local level a possible way forward. The conclusion, however, is that the barrier to wider replication is not necessarily a problem of practice but of centralised control of policy and, in particular, commitment to a supply-side approach. Empirical, conceptual and policy contributions are made to this under-researched topic.