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Delivering job search services for unemployed people in rural areas: the role of ICT. (2003)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2003). Delivering job search services for unemployed people in rural areas: the role of ICT.

The geographical remoteness of many rural communities from major centres of economic activity clearly affects the availability of public services, which tend to be concentrated in highly populated areas of industrial development. The potential benefi... Read More about Delivering job search services for unemployed people in rural areas: the role of ICT..

Towards an employability policy agenda for remote rural labour markets (2001)
Conference Proceeding
Lindsay, C., McCracken, M. G., & McQuaid, R. W. (2001). Towards an employability policy agenda for remote rural labour markets.

This paper presents an analysis of the barriers to work faced by unemployed people in remote rural labour markets, and compares the experiences of the ‘long-term unemployed’ and more recent job seekers in two such areas in Northern Scotland (namely t... Read More about Towards an employability policy agenda for remote rural labour markets.

The 'Employability Gap': towards an understanding of the relationship between long-term unemployment, employability and barriers to work (2000)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2000). The 'Employability Gap': towards an understanding of the relationship between long-term unemployment, employability and barriers to work.

This paper seeks to identify the main barriers limiting the employability of long-term unemployed job seekers. Employability (according to Hillage and Pollard’s, 1999, definition) is affected by the interaction of four key elements: employability ass... Read More about The 'Employability Gap': towards an understanding of the relationship between long-term unemployment, employability and barriers to work.