We need one million chances from employers to get young people into work!
The CIPD's 'One Million Chances' initiative #1mChances, aims to help undo the damage done to young people’s career prospects due to Covid and help address staff shortages blighting many businesses.
'We want to help young people get their career off to a flying start as unemployment at a young age can leave permanent scarring - and means they’re more likely to earn less over the course of their working lives and experience more spells of unemployment' explains Lizzie Crowley, Senior Skills Adviser at the CIPD.
More employers also need to take a chance on young people - and be prepared to train them up - given our labour supply is changing and staff shortages are becoming more prevalent. We also don’t want them to miss out on the creativity, ingenuity and energy young people can bring to an organisation...
The #1mChances campaign aims to get employers to create a million opportunities for young people (aged 16-30) – be it through jobs, internships, work experience, apprenticeships T-Levels or the Kickstart scheme – to help undo the damage done by Covid. There are so many ways to get involved 🙌 we need your help because official figures show there were 166,000 fewer young people (16-24) in the UK in employment in June 2021 (3.7million) compared with March 2020 (3.9million). Young people are telling us they don't know where to turn after having tried all sorts of employment avenues to put their skills, enthusiasm and education into practice in the workplace.
Find out more about #1mChances and how you and your organisation can play a vital part. Make a difference in impacting #YouthEmployment and get involved: https://www.cipd.co.uk/news-views/campaigns/one-million-chances?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=1mchances&utm_content=24Auglinkedincompanypagearticle