The local labour market
Whilst looking into the local labour market, I have decided to study
some of the figures from the national statistics and look into how WPA
would use them if they needed to recruit new employees both locally
and nationally.
Resident population and age
The resident population of west Somerset, as measured in the 2001
census, was 35,075, of which 47 percent were male and 53 percent were
female.
The majority of the population in west Somerset are aged 30 to 59 with
38.3 percent of the population being in this age group. This is
slightly less than the percentage of 41.5 percent in the age group of
30 to 59 in England and Wales. .6 percent of people in west Somerset
and aged 16 to 19 compared to 4.9 percent of people in England and
Wales. There is a very minimal difference, therefore if WPA wanted 16
to 19 year olds as they have just finished school and may be going
into full time or part time work, west Somerset has almost the same
percentage of this age group.
If WPA wanted school leavers they could look locally and have the same
number of people on average from that age group.
Health and provision of care
In west Somerset, 64.7 percent of people asked said they would
describe their health as good, this is only slightly less than the
percentage of people in England and Wales with 68.6 percent. In west
Somerset however 25.5 percent of people would describe their health as
fairly good this is higher than the national average of 22.2 percent.
West Somerset had a higher percentage of people who had a long-term
illness with 22.3 percent, the national average is 18.2 percent.
If WPA were to use this information they could see that 90.2 percent
of people in West Somerset said they had good or fairly good health,
but 90.8 percent of people as a national average said they had good or
fairly good health, this tells WPA that people living in Somerset have
good health so they would have a very large selection of people living
in Somerset who have a good or fairly good health to choose from, they
could therefore attempt to recruit locally then if they are
unsuccessful they can then recruit nationally where there is only 0.6
percent more people who said they had good or fairly good health.
Economic activity – unemployment
Unemployment rates are lower with 2.9percent in West Somerset compared
to a national average of 3.4 percent. This means that there may not be
a large selection of qualified people in the West Somerset area so WPA
The Policies Used to Create Employment in Declining Areas in the United Kingdom This question means to state the government law used to make employment in areas in the UK that have no employment, reasons for this is because that area was declining. When an area is deteriorating or declining the people move out because there is no employment and they want a good quality of life. The British government have tried to encourage industries to locate to declining areas, Areas that have high unemployment i.e. Scotland, Birmingham and Leeds. When an area is declining the crime rates go up because of no employment. The government does not want this therefore they have introduced several government policies to try and prevent this from happening.
labour in certain areas, so they can see whether it is in fact easy or
The document I chose was Document 19-1 titled ‘A Textile Worker Explains the Labor Market’. This document is the testimony of Thomas O’Donnell given before the U.S. Senate Committee on Relations between Labor and Capital in the year 1885. O’Donnell speaks about what it’s like to be a labor worker in the 1880s to a committee so they could better understand the relationship between labor and capital. The Gilded Age saw the rise of industrialism and great economic growth in the United States. But true to its title, the Gilded Age was only plated with gold but inward filled with corruption and poverty. What meant great success for some, meant lack of job security and financial hardship for the working class Americans. This document really depicts what it’s like being on the working end of these companies seeking to industrialize.
the lure of lucrative employment across the border. They come to this country with the
Labour market inflexibility in Europe is the main reason why Europe is not as dynamic an economy as the United States” Critically discuss. “Labour market inflexibility in Europe is the main reason why Europe is not as dynamic an economy as the United States” In not more than 2500 words and not less than 1500, critically discuss the above statement. Introduction Today labour markets in Europe and the USA are often compared and discussed. The general view seems to be that the US has a more dynamic economy, people tend to believe Europeans are worse off than Americans.
Stem cells offer great promise for success in future medical treatments. However, there still remains to be biased opinions on whether or not the use of stem cell for research is the most appropriate and effective tool for medical research. This topic is especially important for people who are suffering from disease that is capable of being treated through stem cell use. For these people, the treatment has the potential to change their outlook on life to a positive one. The advancements are diverse and have the potential to help cure numerous diseases and illnesses. Scientists are striving to find even more ways than they have already to repair damaged tissue in the human body and cure these diseases entirely through the usage of stem cells, and scientists believe that this will lead to further medical advancements for researchers.
Cultural diversity can bring tangible benefits to an organization who is ready to foster, maintained, and value the difference in cultures. The marketplace is becoming more competitive, many business executives are expanding and developing new ideas, products and services beyond their usual culture or environment. A diverse workforce will help to understand the need and interest of another culture within and outside of the region. Thereby helping the company to expand globally, acquire more business opportunities, provide opportunities to create an excellent, diverse customer base and remain compe...
Marshall, E. (1998). Use of Stem Cells Still Legally Murky. Retrieved January 20, 2005, from Ebsco host research center.
50 Sarah E. Zylstra."Black Churches' Missing Missionaries." ChristianityToday.com. ChristianityToday, 2 Apr. 2013. Web. 06 May 2014.
First, the management may be able to apportion the right resources and efforts in hiring the best and most diversified employees. Different perceptions on diversity indicate that diversity not only has benefits to an organisation but also presents several challenges, especially to the management. The different perceptions on diversity imply that managers should focus on solving diversity-associated problems to create an integrated workplace (Klarsfeld, 2016). To establish constructive diversity at the workplace, managers should institute feasible diversity-friendly policies, vision and
February 21st, 1907 in Yorkshire, England, Wystan Hugh Auden was born to an anglo-saxon, Catholic family, which was filled with science. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse, and, being the third of three sons, was frequently forgotten and lacking in attention. (Poets) Largely without purpose, Auden attended private college with the intention of becoming a mining engineer or biologist. However, in 1922, Auden found his calling in poetry. In the next two years, Auden had published his first poem and began attending Oxford University in 1925. Through Oxford, Auden studied abroad in Germany and fell in love with the German language, which influenced him greatly and his poetic style. He soon thereafter went to Scotland to become a school teacher, but was dissatisfied with his life. Auden continued writing poetry, publishing a few books, but did not pursue it as he previously had. (Carpenter) He then married Erika Mann, daughter of German novelist Thomas Mann. However, this marriage was never consummated; the union was only created to provide Erika Mann with a British passport. Auden was in a homosexual relationship with Chester Kallman in 1939, but their “marriage” ended in 1941 when Kallman refused to provide Auden with the faithful relationship he demanded. The two continued to live together and work on opera until Auden’s death in 1973 in Vienna, Austria (Auden
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At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Christianity was bounded to the coastal areas of Africa. At this time in Western Africa, there were a total of three missionary societies operating in western Africa. There was the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG), the Wesleyan Missionary Society (WMS), and the Glasaw and Scottish Missionary Society (GSMS). In the southern portion of Africa, the Morovian Missionary and the London Missionary were dominant. There was only one society in eastern Africa and there were none at all in northern Africa. However, by 1840 the number of missionary societies had increased to more than fifteen in western Africa, eleven in southern Africa, five in eastern Africa in 1877 and there were six in northern Africa in 1880. Not only were these societies active in the coastal region of Africa, but they also started stretching inland to lands where they haven’t reached before. Around the year 1860, these societies in southern Africa had traveled as far north as present day Botswana, Lesotho and Zambia. (Boahen 15) Famous names of this time include David Livingston and Robert Moffat. (Gordon 285)
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