Jo is Professor of Human Resource Management at the Peter Faber Business School, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. She has spent over two decades working in and around employment services.
As part of the Good Work Research Group, Jo is currently leading an Australian Research Council Linkage (with partners Social Ventures Australia, Asuria, Jobsbank and Jobs Victoria) to analyse how employment service providers can work with employers to capitalise on hidden talent and to develop job quality standards for Australia. She also leads the evaluation of Social Ventures Australia’s Employer Innovation Labs and is a co-lead on an Economic and Social Research Council-funded grant on the role of social procurement in fostering good work in the UK, US and Australia. Jo is passionate about making employment services work for candidates and employers and works with government and practitioners to support policy and practice.
Jo has lived experience of disabilities, is a Fellow of the Institute of Employability Professionals and co-chairs the UK Employment Related Services Association’s Employer Engagement Forum. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Academic Member of the Australian Human Resource Institute and a member of the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts.
Employer Engagement: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work co-edited by Jo Ingold and Patrick McGurk (Bristol University Press) out now in paperback: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/employer-engagement
