Recruitment and training among large national employers: final report

This research informs the Learning and Skills Council's understanding of large national employers' attitudes and practices in terms of recruitment and training. Specifically, the research explores: whether employers prefer to recruit 'ready-made' staff externally or to train 'in-house', and whom they believe has the main responsibility for providing a skilled workforce; recruitment practices, and especially the relative roles of qualifications and skills in the sifting process; the role of head or national offices in developing training plans and how far these are developed nationally or devolved to local sites; the training 'ethos' of companies, including what levels of employee typically receive training and whether the company's views on particular skills are filtered through to its suppliers; the different methods companies use to retain staff and what role training plays in this; and the perceived benefits of training.

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