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Employment campaign for young people backed by top HR directors

Source: PersonnelToday.com - All HR news stories

Sep 04, 2009

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Leading HR directors have thrown their weight behind the government s Backing Young Britain campaign, urging employers to invest in 16 to 24-year-olds despite the tough economic climate. This week prime minister Gordon Brown launched the scheme, aimed at creating 85,000 work opportunities for young people. The number of 18 to 24-year-olds out of work now stands at 722,000. So far, 150 employers have signed up to the scheme, including supermarket giant Morrisons, which has pledged to train all 40,000 of its 16 to 24-year-old retail employees to NVQ Level 2 by spring 2011. There are also 5,000 new opportunities, including apprenticeships from firms such as Centrica and Royal Mail. Carl Johnson, head of leadership and development at maintenance and building group Interserve, told Personnel Today it was important for employers to keep up momentum during the recession and not to shy away fro

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