Youth, Skills and the First Rung: What employers need to know now

Young people want to work but accessing that first opportunity is becoming increasingly difficult.

At the same time, significant changes are taking place across apprenticeships and skills, creating both new opportunities and new questions for employers.

To help businesses understand what is changing and what it means in practice, The Opportunity Provider is hosting a free webinar:
Youth, Skills and the First Rung: What employers need to know now

Hosted by: Matt Robinson – Chief Commercial Officer, The Opportunity Provider with, Lauren Mistry – Deputy CEO, Youth Employment UK and Paul Stannard – Senior Policy Manager, AELP

The discussion will look at the challenges young people face entering employment, the changing apprenticeship and skills environment and the role employers can play in rebuilding the first rung into work.

It will also consider an increasingly important question:

Instead of only asking whether a young person is ready for work, should employers also be asking whether their organisation is ready to employ someone entering work for the first time?

The session will look at how employers can create genuine entry opportunities alongside the support, development and progression that turn a first job into the beginning of a career.

The webinar is free to attend and suitable for business owners, People and HR leaders, L&D teams, operational leaders and those responsible for apprenticeships and early careers.

The event forms part of The Opportunity Provider’s First Job. Future Career. campaign: Give young people a first chance, support them to succeed and show them where it can lead.