'employability' refers to the combination of factors and processes which enable people to progress towards, move into, or stay in employment and to move on within the workplace.
"As many have affirmed over the years, work is a timeless and universal principle of quality of life"
Benjamin Franklin
"The object of living is work, experience, happiness…there is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something"
Henry Ford
"Employment is nature's physician and is essential to human happiness"
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An overview of the strategic and operational partnerships in Scotland.
A selection of learning materials and case studies currently used in employability.
Services and support within each Local Authority, Jobcentre Plus or Health Board area.
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The Scottish Government is to propose two important amendments to the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Bill that will further strengthen its commitment to the living wage, the Deputy First Minister has announced.
A funding boost is to be targeted at 5 areas of the UK - including SW Scotland - to help young people into work, thanks to the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), a new £170 million programme.
A new pilot scheme will give the most vulnerable homeless people the right skills and training to get into work, UK Housing Minister Kris Hopkins and Skills Minister Matthew Hancock announced.
The Spartacus Network report aims to kickstart a significant new debate about the failure of sickness and disability support in the UK, why and what we must do to improve it, and how current systems should be re-designed so that all members of society can achieve their goals and aspirations.
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SCVO is hosting an election hustings event ahead of the European elections on 22 May 2014.
The next meeting of the Third Sector Employability Forum will take place on 29 April 2014.
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RT @AConstanceMSP: Link to @AlexSalmond speech 2 #STUC yesterday announcing work t/wards 30,000 modern apprenticeships http://t.co/DTgGCHpntinyurl.com/fmstuc14