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    Employment Rights Bill: peers propose change to work experience rules

    by Jo Faragher 4 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 4 Jun 2025

    An amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to ensure that work experience placements are not exploitative or flout minimum wage laws has been put forward.

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    Virtual work experience is not second best

    by Sam Hyams 2 Jun 2025
    by Sam Hyams 2 Jun 2025

    Around two-thirds of students never gain any work experience before they leave school, yet many regard virtual programmes as a poor relation.

    • Coronavirus
    • Early careers
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    Young people are less work-ready, say employers

    by Rob Moss 7 May 2025
    by Rob Moss 7 May 2025

    Young people are less ready for work and risk overselling themselves in job applications as employers raise concerns about AI use.

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    Labour to target sexual harassment of interns and volunteers

    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024

    Labour says it will extend its sexual harassment proposals to cover interns and volunteers.

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    • Apprenticeships
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    How Virgin Media O2 offers early careers opportunities for all

    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Apr 2024

    Virgin Media O2 was crowned the overall winner at the 2023 Personnel Today Awards in recognition of its early careers programmes.

    • Apprenticeships
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    • Early careers

    Lack of work experience barring candidates from entry-level jobs

    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Jan 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Jan 2024

    Three-quarters of young adults have been rejected from an entry-level job because they do not have enough work experience.

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    Social Mobility Employers Index: Unpaid internships continue

    by Rob Moss 31 Oct 2023
    by Rob Moss 31 Oct 2023

    PwC tops the Social Mobility Employers Index again but Social Mobility Foundation calls on government to tackle unpaid internships.

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    Hospitality training and work experience pilot launched

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Sep 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Sep 2023

    The government has joined forces with the hospitality sector to pilot a fast-tracked training and work experience programme, with the...

    • Social mobility
    • Financial services
    • Legal sector

    Social class and nepotism issues in accessing work experience

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Jun 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Jun 2023

    A survey of 2,000 young people by KPMG found that social class and nepotism have a major role in accessing work experience.

    • Hospitality
    • Early careers
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    KFC to ramp up youth recruitment

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Nov 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Nov 2022

    KFC has pledged to ensure a third of its new UK hires by 2030 are young people who face barriers to employment.

    • Early careers
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    • Graduates

    Summer internships: Steven Rothberg talks to Oven-Ready HR

    by Chris Taylor 29 Jul 2022
    by Chris Taylor 29 Jul 2022

    Steven Rothberg, founder of College Recruiter, talks to Chris Taylor about internships, part-time jobs, seasonal work and entry-level career opportunities.

    • Hybrid working
    • Early careers
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    Work experience back on offer, but often hybrid

    by Jo Faragher 13 Jul 2022
    by Jo Faragher 13 Jul 2022

    Employers are beginning to offer work experience opportunities again after a break during the pandemic.

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    • Careers advice
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    Kickstart is ‘chaotic’ and failing employers and young people, find MPs

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Feb 2022

    Like many initiatives triggered by the Covid pandemic, Kickstart was rushed and has failed to deliver predicted benefits.

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Education
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    MPs and former education secretaries join campaign in bid to save BTecs

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Oct 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Oct 2021

    Further education leader calls T-levels a ‘hammer blow for social mobility‘

    • Apprenticeships
    • Career development
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    CIPD urges employers to ‘take a chance’ on young people

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Aug 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Aug 2021

    Through its One Million Chances campaign, the CIPD is encouraging employers to provide career opportunities for young people.

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