Young people claiming benefits in Edinburgh has tripled during the pandemic An Edinburgh-based charity is highlighting the importance of working together to help young people hit by the economic crisis. COVID-19 and the associated economic [...]
In today’s war for talent, offering an enticing benefits package is the best way for companies to attract young employees, so much so that they would even consider changing employers for better benefits. This finding is [...]
New research highlights how to help young people into work What works when it comes to getting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into employment? The Youth Futures Foundation has commissioned IES research to help inform [...]
It’s predicted that, by 2020, millennials will make up 35 percent of the global workforce. Clearly, they are an important demographic for businesses to recruit, motivate, engage and retain. But according to the “Technology’s Role [...]
More than a third of senior executives believe that younger employees are the “main culprits” for data security breaches in the workplace according to a new independent study into attitudes of the next generation workforce [...]
The Global Benefits Attitudes Study from Willis Towers Watson (WTW), which surveyed 2,824 employees at medium and large private sector companies in the UK, found 61% of Millennials suffer high or above average stress, [...]
More support to help employers take on apprentices from diverse backgrounds has been pledged as part of a national campaign. Scottish Apprenticeship Week is the nationwide campaign aimed at encouraging more employers to take on [...]
A new survey of 2,000 parents and 2,000 children by O2 has revealed the future is tech. Nearly half (49%) of children polled want to pursue a career in the tech industries, with vlogger topping the [...]
Whether you’re already in work or are looking to land that dream job, there’s no question that what you wear and how you look will play heavily on your mind, especially if you want to [...]
Attracting talent through a variety of different routes will be key to building capacity in the infrastructure sector and industry must do more to capture the imagination of young people, urges global infrastructure provider AECOM. [...]