A third (33%) of UK organisations are willing to drop skills requirements before any others as companies fight for talent.
The number of people taking up entry-level apprenticeships since 2015’s pre-Levy high has plunged by 72%.
Young people have swiftly returned to work since losing jobs in the pandemic, but many have had unequal opportunities when coming back to the workforce – or have fallen out of it altogether.
While we’ve been talking about the global resignation crisis anecdotally, we now have figures that reveal the scale of the emergency.
Competition for graduate jobs has reached a record high this year following a coronavirus slump in 2020.
A surge in the number of young people in full-time education has slashed the number looking for work and is leaving them without the skills to join the workforce, according to a new study.
While 94% of recruiters use social media for their jobs, only 39% of all employers use social media for recruiting and hiring.
The UK now has the lowest ratio of unemployed people to vacancies since records began in 1971.
Employers cannot encourage racial equality merely by hiring young black people and hoping for the best.
More young people are going to university as they feel the post-pandemic job market will demand a degree rather than an apprenticeship.
Businesses need young, diverse talent, but many struggle to find them. Not because young people don’t want the roles on offer, but because many discount themselves from opportunities before they’ve...
You could say that, from a professional standpoint, young people have been amongst the hardest hit by the economic effects of the pandemic. Organisations facing financial issues and seeking to...