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Shocking youth unemployment statistics

14 Oct

This week’s youth unemployment statistics – nearly 1 million young people in the UK out of work – are sad and disappointing, but unfortunately not surprising! At Common Purpose, because we work with people across the UK and beyond, both employers and the unemployed, I have been hearing since the start of the year that [...]

Eager to start a career

11 Jul

I met a 22 year old in Edinburgh recently who has just finished her nursing qualifications, she is eager to get going with her career, make her contribution to society and use her knowledge and skills but there are so few jobs coming up that the competition is fierce – it’s no better if she [...]

Reducing the UK’s skills gap

4 Jul

Nearly 1m young people out of work in the UK is a shocking statistic. There are many schemes to help them find employment which is crucial, but an important area that’s often missed is that few exist to offer the training and development opportunities these young people would have received if they had a job. [...]

Does rising unemployment amongst young people mean they will always be playing catch up?

2 Jun

In a recession there are many who will become unemployed and suffer as a result of the economic downturn, but it seems somehow so much worse to read that we are heading towards having one million young unemployed people in this country. That’s an awful lot of talent, of bright, enthusiastic and eager young people [...]

The need for leadership development during unemployment

19 Apr

When I started work, I was very lucky. My first boss gave me opportunities to lead small teams from a very early age – to learn some of the lessons at an age when I could simply bounce back from my mistakes – to mess up when the stakes were not high – to succeed [...]