The Confederation — which represents the recruitment industry — will work with charity Education and Employers Taskforce to enable its members to build links with schools at a local level to ensure "young people are informed about the world of work and can make informed career choices."
Dr Anthony Mann, director of policy and research at the Education and Employers' Taskforce, said: "Recruiters can make a real difference by helping to facilitate work experience schemes and by getting involved with schools."
In January, HR is launching its own initiative on schools and employment.
Three organisations are being offered the chance to be part of a fun initiative through which their employees can be involved in mentoring young people in schools or colleges via a proven CSR/HR programme — free of charge.
The magazine has tied up with Blastbeat, a dynamic schools programme created by award-winning social entrepreneur and entertainments industry impresario Robert Stephenson. The programme is designed to teach young people how to set up and run an enterprise, based on the staging and promotion of a live music event.
The winning participants’ progress will be followed through the pages of HR magazine and on hrmagazine.co.uk.
For more details, see our January edition.
