Three decades of interventions for the unemployed – review of practices between 1990 and 2020 and their effects on (re) employment competencies
ISSN: 0040-0912
Article publication date: 3 August 2021
Issue publication date: 20 April 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This paper provides evidence of the outcomes proposed by the reviewed programmes and their level of effectiveness.
Design/methodology/approach
Articles were screened by title and abstract to ensure correspondence with exclusion/inclusion criteria. Themes were analysed through collective coding and scoring. Size effects were calculated.
Findings
Three expected outcomes: psychological, technical and (re) employment. The most frequent and significant results are found in psychological. The review could not find consistent results in effectiveness of the type of training, because of the diversity of propositions and socio-cultural origins of interventions.
Research limitations/implications
Socio-cultural context acts as variable; thus, deep interdisciplinary analysis on context where trainings were developed is suggested in order to understand the impact of trainings according to their population defining effectiveness.
Originality/value
There is no previous review of type of interventions for the unemployed focusing on last 30 years.
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Acknowledgements
This review was part of a study funded by la Caisse des Dépôts within the framework of a Consortium created by l’Institut Catholique de Lille, Chance, CRI, LICA and Synergie Family for the project “Réalise tes Rêves”, Lauréat 100% Inclusion du Plan d’Investissement dans les Compétences du Ministère du Travail, de l’Emploi et de l’Insertion, France.
Citation
Celume, M.-P. and Korda, H. (2022), "Three decades of interventions for the unemployed – review of practices between 1990 and 2020 and their effects on (re) employment competencies", Education + Training, Vol. 64 No. 2, pp. 230-243. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-02-2021-0053
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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