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Helping move out of poor quality employmentEmployer engagement in skills
Local Leadership for Inclusive Growth11th Annual LEED Forum, 26st June 2015
Lesley Giles, Deputy DirectorUK Commission for Employment and Skills
Our Commissioners
Economic outlookLocal stories are increasingly important
Black Country
Enterprise M3
Gloucestershire
Greater Birminghamand Solihull
Greater Manchester
Hertfordshire
LiverpoolCity Region
London
Oxfordshire
South East
Swindon andWiltshire
Tees Valley
Thames Valley Berkshire
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As the economy grows, employment recovers but
productivity is flat
Local experience varies greatly
– if anything, recession has compounded differences
Local problems require locally-grown solutions fit
for the future.
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Opportunity in the labour marketMiddle-skill jobs in long-term decline
High-skill jobs and service-intensive jobs
have held up well through recession. But
middle-skill and labour-intensive jobs have
declined.
Source: UKCES analysis of Labour Force Survey, 2005-2014.
‘Job polarisation’ has, if anything, been magnified
by recession.
Skills and workplace performanceEmployers acting but in the right ways?
What needs to be done?Leveraging shared investment
Employer led-innovationsWhat have we learned?
