Comments on: The problem – a major shortage of jobs http://www.pontydysgu.org/2012/10/the-problem-a-major-shortage-of-jobs/ Pontydysgu - Educational Research Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Graham Attwell http://www.pontydysgu.org/2012/10/the-problem-a-major-shortage-of-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-137141 Graham Attwell Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:41:13 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/?p=8583#comment-137141 Hm...just looked at a longer summary of report (must read the full version). it says "Transport was a key issue. While most jobseekers were willing to travel, more than half of the vacancies would have been difficult for those living in deprived neighbourhoods to get to if they were reliant on public transport. Employers expressed a preference for people living nearby, especially for jobs with non-standard hours. This suggests that policies requiring people to search further afield for work will not necessarily succeed in getting more people into employment. More could be done to help jobseekers enhance their chances of success." So (lack of) public transport appears to be a problem for those without cars - especially for service sector jobs which may have irregular - early and late - hours of employment. Hm…just looked at a longer summary of report (must read the full version). it says “Transport was a key issue. While most jobseekers were willing to travel, more than half of the vacancies would have been difficult for those living in deprived neighbourhoods to get to if they were reliant on public transport. Employers expressed a preference for people living nearby, especially for jobs with non-standard hours. This suggests that policies requiring people to search further afield for work will not necessarily succeed in getting more people into employment. More could be done to help jobseekers enhance their chances of success.”

So (lack of) public transport appears to be a problem for those without cars – especially for service sector jobs which may have irregular – early and late – hours of employment.

]]> By: Leia http://www.pontydysgu.org/2012/10/the-problem-a-major-shortage-of-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-136734 Leia Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:50:31 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/?p=8583#comment-136734 They've a different definition of what's a 'difficult' commute to us I have to say! (30 minutes...?) The perception matches our learners' though - we recently did some persuasive writing tasks with our learners and a lot of them chose to write about the problems they had with public transport. They’ve a different definition of what’s a ‘difficult’ commute to us I have to say! (30 minutes…?)

The perception matches our learners’ though – we recently did some persuasive writing tasks with our learners and a lot of them chose to write about the problems they had with public transport.

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