Job market readiness

Partners and collaborators: The Reed NCFE Partnership
Co-investigators: Kerrie Unsworth, Lucy Bolton and Olivia Sampson

Description

Kerrie Unsworth, Lucy Bolton and Olivia Sampson are working with The Reed NCFE Partnership to understand what makes a person ready to enter the job market. They have developed and validated a tool for Reed NCFE (The Bestest) that enables college students and university students to diagnose their current readiness to enter the job market.

Research aims

How can we help young people to get jobs?

Research questions

Can we create a tool that is a reliable and valid indicator of job market readiness?
What factors are related to job market readiness?