For young people looking for their first job, one of the biggest hurdles can be the interview process. However, some employers have complained of candidates who are unfamiliar with basic rules, such as shaking hands. The BBC’s Steph McGovern has been looking at the skills shortages in Britain. She has been to meet the UK Commissioner for Employment and Skills, who wants businesses to work more closely with schools to help young people start a career. Read
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Britain’s universities, with almost a quarter of university students running their own business or planning to do so, according to new research. The study by research firm YouthSight of 2,000 full-time undergraduate students estimated the collective turnover of student businesses is more than £44million a year. Some 24 per cent of those surveyed were running their own business or planning to start one while studying. The most popular ventures were in technology-based
According to a labour market analysis from Centre for Cities, a think tank that studies the UK’s urban economics, Youth unemployment varies considerably from city to city. Before the recession, 13.8 per cent of working population aged 16–24 was unemployed compared with 16.2 per cent today. At 5.9 per cent of young claimants, Oxford has the lowest long-term unemployment, while Warrington has the highest, with over a quarter of unemployed young people looking for work for a year or more. Overall, youth unemployment
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We are pleased to announce that we have being awarded £9,985.00 from AwardsforAll to support unemployed young people with a range of Skills-based workshops to improve their future employment prospects. Here is the press announcement: “This is a project by a community organisation in Barnet. The group will use the funding to purchase a range of electronic equipment in order to provide training workshops for unemployed young people, and hire a consultant to develop a business plan for the organisation.
