Employment services: Publications

2009 

• Public Employment Services Responses to the Global Economic Crisis - [pdf 184 KB]
  10 November 2009 - (Fact sheet)
• A guide to worker displacement : some tools for reducing the impact on workers, communities and enterprises. Update March 2009 - [pdf 858 KB]
  01 March 2009 - The Guide presents possible strategies for averting layoffs and promoting business retention by communities, enterprise managements and workers’ associations. A discussion of early warning networks is also presented, stressing the importance of monitoring and rapid response mechanisms such as retraining to ensure worker adjustment and economic renewal. (Book)

2003 

• Public-private partnerships in employment services - [pdf 3137 KB]
  01 February 2003 - EMP/SKILLS Working Paper No. 17 (Working paper)
• Guidelines for establishing emergency public employment services - [pdf 2165 KB]
  01 January 2003 - Describes the role of employment services in post-crisis labour markets. Presents detailed guidelines on setting up and running a public employment service (PES). (Book)
• Current practices in labour market information systems development for human resources development planning in developed, developing and transition economies - [pdf 379 KB]
  01 January 2003 - EMP/SKILLS Working Paper No. 13 (Working paper)

2001 

• The public employment service in a changing labour market - Buy now
  18 January 2001 - (Book)

1998 

• Public employment services in English-speaking Africa : proposals for re-organisation
  01 January 1998 - (Book)