Commenting on the Government's plans to expand work experience opportunities, Gareth Osborne, Director General of APA said: "The recent recession has been particularly hard on young people. They are now likely to remain at the back of the hiring queue; as more experienced people cut in front, if they don't gain the opportunities to make them more attractive to employers.”
Research by CIPD shows employers are reluctant to hire from groups where they feel basic job skills, experience and reliability are lacking. Work experience is a perfect way to break the vicious circle of ‘no experience means no job’, and gives young people an opportunity to develop and demonstrate the skills and commitment employers need.
APA is committed to working with government to make a success of efforts to get more people off welfare and back into work, and I urge APA members to go out of their way to make use of the new work experience matching service that the Government and Jobcentre Plus have unveiled this week.
The CIPD/KPMG Labour Market Outlook recently found that:
- 16% of employers exclude 19-24 year olds with few or no qualifications from the recruitment process
- A further 4% exclude people with a history of long-term unemployment
- Younger workers with no qualifications and those with a history of long-term unemployment are deemed to perform worse than other employees
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