Award-winning employer KFC is stepping up its efforts to attract young talent and develop entry-level employees into future managers, VP HR James Watts has told HR magazine.

Employers hiring young members of staff should manage colleagues’ expectations of what they can do and consider giving them a mentor, new guidelines suggest.

More than half of HR decision-makers within small and medium-sized businesses believe young entry-level employees are unable to handle clients, customers and suppliers.

The chancellor’s March budget must include investment to tackle youth unemployment, leading employment and business representatives have stated.

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Global drinks manufacturer Diageo is to offer young people in Scotland free training aimed to lift them out of unemployment.

Employers and young people are increasingly seeing value in work experience, according to a report by the UK Commission For Employment And Skills (UKCES).

Businesses should reward and incentivise employees for “doing the right thing” and behaving responsibly, Business in the Community (BITC) CEO Stephen Howard said yesterday.

The number of people seeking work around the world will rise by more than 13 million by 2018, hitting young people disproportionately, a study claims.

HR professionals should be braver and tackle the external factors that have a profound impact on their organisations, the director of an HR research and consultancy body has urged.

Britain’s housing shortage is fuelling youth unemployment because young people cannot afford to live where jobs are available, research has found.

Nick Leeson (pictured), the man dubbed the rogue trader after his actions almost 20 years ago led to the collapse of Barings Bank, has called on senior financial leaders to train staff in ethical...