youthmoney

In some parts of the country, joblessness among 18-24 year olds is reaching 20 per cent. Here’s a snapshot of the worst areas, just posted on Mark Easton’s website, statistics courtesy of the Office of National Statistics (dark red areas are worst, lighter areas better): Easton also has a link to the data in an excel file, [...]

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“Would you like a qualification with that?” headlines greeted the news last month that McDonalds is among the employers offering vocational qualifications. Whatever else, the news stories showed one thing. Most people are pretty clueless about the enormous range and variety of qualifications for jobs. And about how to access them. In fact, the world of [...]

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In the past two years 13,287 young people have been killed or injured at work. That includes 45 people under 21 who died at work. The health and safety executive is running safety events for young people. This week it begins an “interactive forum theatre” in some colleges – raising awareness of the risks in [...]

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