The Young Women’s Trust has found young people between the ages of 18-30 are suffering from a lack of confidence, worried about their future aspirations along with the fact that many are feeling ‘worn down.’ Girls are more likely to be affected with lack of confidence with 54% saying they are not confident while only 39% of young men feel the same. Many young people have also said they have to live with their parents due to financial restraints. The charity recommends
Reports continue to show how young people suffer from increased competition for jobs, and reduced pay compared to previous generations. This housing crisis is not new, and has the most damaging effect on young people financial availability to afford new homes. The International Foundation had found a disparity between where young people and the older generation live. For instance since 1991, the number of cities that contain mostly over 50s, has increased sevenfold. Whereas, young people do not have the financial
The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has found that there has been an 8% reduction in jobs available for new graduates in a survey of ‘more than 200 top employees.’ In 2015 there was a 13.2% increase in graduate schemes from 2014. Some employers are changing graduate employment to ‘higher apprenticeships’, however the ‘labour market’ for young people is reducing. There has been an increase of 13% in apprenticeships, by the companies surveyed but the AGR notes that this is ‘relatively
A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) says the government’s plans for three million new apprenticeships in England by 2020 should be honed to meet skills gaps. The focus should be less on how many apprenticeships are created and more on which sector needs them, it adds. A minister said employers are creating training places to meet their needs. The report says the Department for Education (DfE), which was recently given overall responsibility for the apprenticeships programme, has not yet set out
