Work experience
Government removes 30-job threshold from Kickstart scheme
The government has removed the minimum number of Kickstart scheme work placements an employer must create in order to apply...
Unilever to require all suppliers to pay living wage
Unilever has set out wide-ranging plans to improve equality and access to skills in bid to benefit society internationally.
Personnel Today Awards 2020 winners: NHS praised for Covid response
NHS England and Improvement has been crowned the overall winner at this...
Collapse in internships ‘worrying’ for talent pipeline
The number of graduate jobs available have fallen this year, but a dramatic reduction in the number of work experience...
Campaign to take on 10,000 black interns launched
Organisations including the NHS, Linklaters, PwC and Zurich have committed to a programme to collectively hire 10,000 black interns, in...
Is the graduate jobs market as bleak as the headlines suggest?
The class of 2020 is facing one of the most challenging jobs markets ever experienced, with reports suggesting graduate schemes...
Firms to receive £1,500 for offering Kickstart work placements
Employers can now apply to offer fully-subsidised work placements to 16- to 24-year olds under the government’s Kickstart scheme –...
Mims Davies MP: Why Kickstart’ is serious about jobs for young people
Minister for employment Mims Davies explains how Kickstart will create opportunities for under-25s.
Firms to be given £1,000 per work experience trainee to stimulate youth employment
Employers in England will be given £1,000 for each work experience placement.
Why graduate recruitment doesn’t need to be on lockdown
Although some organisations may be putting graduate recruitment and internships on hold to reduce cost, there’s no reason why they...
How the Co-op uses apprenticeships to shake up career progression
By focusing on career progression, The Co-op’s award-winning retail apprenticeship programme is helping improve retention and alter the outdated perception...
Minimum wage pledges will benefit the wrong people
Increases in the national minimum wage pledged in the general election could be a “gamble” and will inadvertently benefit middle-...
Labour would create ‘Ministry of Employment Rights’
A future Labour government would create a ministry of employment rights and a workers’ protection agency, Jeremy Corbyn has announced....
More firms commit to employing ex-offenders
An additional 230 organisations – including Greene King and Pret A Manger – have committed to hiring ex-offenders, as the...
Work experience should be compulsory says FSB
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling on the government to reintroduce work experience for all school pupils aged...
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