Research for forward-looking perspectives
By making the best possible use of the information gained from employing over 500,000 people on a day-to-day basis, we are in a unique position to provide insights into labour markets around the world and to develop approaches to improving employment conditions. Against this background, we also invest in developing our expertise.
Through the Adecco Institute and other research organisations, we regularly consult internal and external stakeholders as well as our clients to ascertain the trends and developments that affect them most. These consultations are documented in our series of studies and white papers.
Our global research centre
Innovative thinking about work
Established in 2006, the Adecco Institute is an independent research body focused on bringing insights into the changing world of work. Through established partnerships with leading universities and academies around the world, the Institute’s publications and activities are a key source for individuals, organisations and governments seeking to understand and shape the future of work.
Publications by the Adecco Institute
These and further publications (in several languages) can be downloaded here.
-
Improving lifelong learning – a toolbox for companies, employees and institutions (white paper, June 2009). This study outlines the barriers that need to be overcome, offers insights into the results of transdisciplinary research by cognitive and social scientists at Jacobs University Bremen, and provides clear guidelines for the successful implementation of lifelong learning programmes.
-
A series of Demographic Fitness Surveys of several European countries (2006, 2007, 2008)
-
Talent, talent, talent. Finding it. Developing it. Keeping it. The new role of HR in the future (2008)
-
China’s future labour market: workforce trends and the impact of the new Chinese labour laws (white paper, 2007), in collaboration with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and Warwick University (UK)
-
Transitioning from education to work: Can we ease the (hard) journey for Europe’s young? (white paper, 2007)