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Background
This interactive tool has been commissioned by Public Health England (PHE) and developed by Optimity Advisors to support local decision-makers' understanding of the potential benefits of supporting an individual to move from unemployment to employment. The tool provides high-level benefits, in terms of both health gains (to the individual(s)) and financial gains (to the individual(s), public sector and wider society) from reemployment, expressing the benefits that can result beyond individual remuneration and productivity.
The tool assesses the benefits that come from moving from unemployment to employment, primarily from the perspective of the individual and the public sector. The health benefits do not include the additional health benefits that may be accrued from participating in an intervention that improves health itself, which may facilitate a transition from unemployment or economic inactivity to employment.
Benefits of Employment - Evidence
This tool has been developed with reference to the best available evidence. A Rapid Evidence Review (RER) was conducted to find evidence concerning the outcomes attributed to the transition from unemployment to employment. All evidence from the review showed that recent literature has focused on, and found significant results in, the impact of employment on mental health. Therefore, this interactive tool focuses on where the evidence exists and presents results on the impact of reemployment on mental health.
Reasons to use Rodeo
I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?
Honest answer — it depends on where you want to end up. A lot of top grad schemes (Big 4, civil service, banking) don’t need a masters. Let’s look at the ones you’d be competitive for now, and we can decide if a masters actually adds anything.
Also worth knowing: most autumn 2026 applications are open now. Timing matters more than you think.
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Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
Graduate Consultant — 2026 Scheme
Why you're a good match
StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
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Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Why you're a good match
You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
Experience fit
Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
The tool facilitates estimates of the benefits of transitioning from unemployment to employment by using the evidence found to calculate the QALY gains to the individual(s) and to calculate cost savings made, from a proportion of people crossing a pre-defined threshold between ‘poor’ mental health and ‘good’ mental health. This information is then combined with figures on the financial benefits of employment, from individual, public sector and societal perspectives.
Note that the results of this analysis apply only to those who are able to achieve sustainable employment, either at baseline or with support. The analysis does not consider those unable to work due to the severity of their health problem.
Using the tool
Further instructions on how to use the tool to estimate the benefits of supporting an individual(s) move from unemployment to employment are provided on each page of the tool. The information required by the user of the tool is, at a minimum, the proportion of people expected to return to work from the relevant population within your chosen area of interest (although this can be run as a hypothetical scenario). Default values have been provided for all other inputs, but these values can be overridden with more up-to-date and/or local figures, or to create alternate scenarios. Please also refer to the worked example in this section for further guidance on how to use these data in this tool. More information on the tool is provided in the accompanying report.


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1a) Model guide
1b) Model steps
1c) Example
1d) Disclaimer
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