Charlie Ball
My blog posts
A recession could be coming. What does that mean for graduates?
Not a normal recession Traditionally in a recession, we expect a significant fall in recruitment, hitting new entrants to the jobs market the hardest and... >>
Staff training and development is key to retaining and enhancing the workforce
Jisc’s digital experience insights (DEI) survey for professional services staff in higher education (HE) shows that 92% of respondents were working virtually... >>
Employability data standards are key for a diverse workforce
There is still no shared language or definition across stakeholders about what employability is for students and what it covers. The recruitment landscape and... >>
Role
I am the in-house specialist on the graduate labour market. I research and analyse all things to do with post-18 employment, including regional economies, skills supply and demand and postgraduate issues, usually with a careers and employability perspective.
Also, I sit on rather a lot of steering and advisory groups - including the Graduate Outcomes steering group and advisory bodies for AGCAS and the Institute of Student Employers.
Background
I'm a Fellow of the National Institute of Careers Education and Counselling (NICEC) and a Visiting Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Before I came to Prospects, I worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a data specialist and before that as a postdoc - my PhD is actually in chemistry.