Two-fifths (40%) of young people believe they are ill-equipped to get a full-time job as they lack practical experience, according to a survey by recruitment company Adecco.<\/p>\n
The survey of 16- to 24-year-olds also found that nearly a third (30%) of those in full-time education expect it to take six months or more to secure a full-time job. <\/p>\n
Those actively seeking work have on average applied for 11 jobs in the last 12 months, but have only secured two interviews. More than a quarter (26%) of 16- to 19-year-olds in full-time education have never applied for a job, the survey found. <\/p>\n
Commenting on these findings, Eugenio Pirri, vice president of people and organisational development at the Dorchester Collection hotel group, said that HR departments could do more to support young people\u2019s transition to full-time employment. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe rely heavily at the moment on waiting until young people get to university, but we\u2019re missing a beat in getting them interested so late,\u201d he said.
\nMost valuable to young people in education is practical work experience and workshops on \u201cselling themselves\u201d said Pirri. <\/p>\n
\u201cCV workshops are important but a lot of young people won\u2019t have the experience to put on a CV yet. So more important are workshops on how to talk to employers, on how to let your personality shine through.\u201d Source: hrmagazine.co.uk<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two-fifths (40%) of young people believe they are ill-equipped to get a full-time job as they lack practical experience, according to a survey by recruitment company Adecco. The survey of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,36,38,5,37,32,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entrepreneur","category-internship","category-join-the-conversation","category-news","category-work-experience","category-workshops","category-youth"],"yoast_head":"\n