An alarming level of young people (83%) think they need to fit into the same ‘mould’ as an employer to be hired according to a new research from City Year UK a youth social action charity. 78% of young people believe that employers don’t have enough faith in their skills and abilities, further highlighting the widening gap between young people and employers. Over a third (39%) of young people feel that ethnicity plays a factor in securing a job, and nearly
Less than a quarter of apprentices say teachers and education professionals advised them on vocational route into work. Almost four in five of young people were offered a job at the end of their apprenticeship. More than three quarters of young people say going on an apprenticeship improved their skills and career prospects while four in five would recommend them to others, according to new research from YMCA. In fact, almost four in five young people (79 per cent) say
Almost half of employers say young people lack the basic life skills to cope at work. Young people are starting work without some of the basic skills they need to get on in the workplace. It’s not just that schools have failed to provide them with vital skills – they are falling short on the kinds of rudimental skills everyone needs to get through life. How can this have happened? The research from Central YMCA identified that schools were falling short,
