Summary: Jobs 22 is an exciting new entity created by and jointly owned by Catch22 Charity Limited, a social business operating across all areas of the Welfare cycle in the UK, and Angus Knight Group a major provider of human services across Australia and skills provider in the UK.

Jobs 22 will bring together third and private sectors with aligned values to deliver social and economic outcomes for British people. This is particularly important now as the effects of COVID 19 bite into the economy. 

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Summary: Orion Publishing Group have announced a paid and flexible work experience scheme open to applicants across the UK for remote month-long placements as part of their dedication to broadening access to and demystifying the publishing industry. 

The new scheme is designed in direct response to the lack of placements available in publishing, which has been exacerbated, whilst publishing offices remain closed at a time where the graduate job market is being hit hardest by the impact of COVID-19.

Open for applications via the Hachette website, the company will have the first placement active in September with a pro-rata pay in line with the Hachette starting salary of £23,500 per annum and the pilot scheme will run for 6 months. 

Applications close on 21st August.

Find out more here.

Summary: IGD’s summer programme is running from 17th – 21st August. IGD is a research and training charity whose purpose is to support the food and consumer goods industry; which they’ve been doing for well over a hundred years! 

IGD’s Summer Programme includes employability skills training, interactions with professionals and project challenges, helping participants to gain work experience in the industry. Lots of companies are involved with the summer programme and there will be opportunity to meet professionals from manufacturers like Mondelez International and Greencore Group, big retailers like Tesco and Sainsbury’s, and brands such as Danone and P&G. If you are interested in a career in sales, marketing, engineering or technology this is a great opportunity. 

Find out more here! 

Summary: Fledglink, with the support of the Careers and Enterprise Company, are running an alternative to UCAS clearing campaign on A-level results day to support students and young people who: 

• Don’t have anything lined up yet 
• Didn’t get the grades they anticipated and so can’t do what they planned to do 
• Aren’t sure if they even want to go to uni anymore but are scared they might not have an alternative 
• Are deferring uni for a year to see what the world looks like in 12 months time 

Fledglink are looking for employers who are still recruiting apprentices and trainees for autumn or have an ‘always-on’ recruitment campaign, have full-time jobs for school leavers, willing to offer work experience opportunities or employability/skills courses. Fledglink want to work with employers to get as many opportunities in front of school leavers and NEET young people as possible!

Find out more by contacting ellie@fledglink.com  by Friday 7th August.

Explore Fledglink here 

Summary: 

Fledglink app hosts free online early career development sessions for ‘lost’ Gen-Z.

In response to both the current COVID-19 pandemic and their findings from a new survey of Generation-Z which found that half of the respondents were confused and concerned about their futures – Fledglink, a Gen-Z careers mobile app – has launched an engaging timetable of free online early-careers development sessions to aide young people in navigating their next employment steps at this worrying time. With school closures, cancellations of careers events and a rapidly evolving recruitment landscape, Fledglink has responded by developing a timetable of online learning sessions, providing an accessible way for educational services to engage Gen-Z in early careers development in the current socially-distanced environment. Founder and CEO of Fledglink, Ellie Yell commented: “In an unprecedented time when uncertainty about the future is being exacerbated for our young people, it is vital that we do all we can to provide meaningful and accessible content to not only ease the anxieties that COVID-19 is causing Gen-Z, but to also help in building a positive and connected post-coronavirus future for this generation”.

Learn Now follows Fledglink’s release of the results of its extensive survey of 1,131 young people. The study found that 49% reported feeling confused and lost about their future; while 31% prioritised finding the right job and choosing the right career path as the main issue they needed to seek advice on. Parents are still seen as the biggest influencers when it comes to guidance, with 52% of respondents saying that they would still go to their parents first for advice about what to do in the future. The uncertain effects that the current pandemic will have on the future of employment for young people mean it is now more important than ever that appropriate careers advice is made accessible for all to avoid a potential further division in attainment and social class.

Fledglink’s live and on-demand timetable of virtual events provides young people with the opportunity to access early careers information made specifically for them. The timetabled days provide a personalisable structure that young people can jump in and out of when best suits them. With all the sessions geared towards navigating different aspects of early careers in a fun and engaging way, there are plenty of opportunities for young people to connect, upskill and build confidence in their futures.

The variety of different types of content ensure that all young people have the chance to engage in a way that suits them. They have access to 1-to-1 careers guidance, CV clinics, recorded and live workshops and wellbeing sessions. They will also have the opportunity to interact with recruiters and employers, learn about career paths from inspirational characters, develop new skills to help them in the world of work and improve their overall employability.

Fledglink’s Learn Now timetable is accessible from their website (https://fledglink.com/learn-now/). To keep up with daily updates and live events, the Fledglink Instagram account (@fledglinkapp) and other social media channels will be promoting and hosting many of the sessions. For free access to all of Fledglink’s digital resources, young people can download and sign up to the mobile app too.

Summary: Over the summer Skanska will be hosting a webinar mini-Series for those interested in Early Careers in Construction, Engineering, Environment and Digital roles.

Join Skanska for informal weekly summer webinars to find out more about the variety of work that they do, what early careers opportunities are available and how to make your job application stand out. Each session is optional but those that attend all of them will receive a certificate of completion. There will be opportunities to take part in games and challenges which we will set each week.

To register or find out more, click here.

Summary: Movement to Work has analysed the latest Claimant Count Data to understand the impact from lock down on youth employment. 

Headlines from June:

• Compared with March 2020 over 485,000 more 18-29 year olds are now claiming benefits, an increase of 119%;
• June 2020 saw a one month rise of 1% in benefit claims from 18-29 year olds. This rise was relatively small compared with the increases in May (30%) and April (67%);
• Between 14 May and 11 June claims from 18-24 year olds rose by 16,000 (+3%) and claims from 25-29 year olds fell by 4,000 (-1%);
• The level of increase in different regions remained stable in June 2020.

You can find out what the claimant numbers are, and how they’ve changed in the areas where you work by using our impact map.

Movement to Work has drawn this analysis from the data available via Nomis, using the non-seasonally adjusted data set: ‘Claimant count by gender and age’.

You can also read the full Office of National Statistics update on the latest claimant count figures here.

Summary: The Open University is sponsoring a new TrainingZone hub to support Learning and Development (L&D) practitioners in developing a successful flexible learning approach. There has been a shift towards flexible learning in recent times, but the impact of COVID-19 on the modern, post-pandemic workforce has sped up this change.  

Find out more here 

Summary: 

Key4Life’s mission is to reduce youth re-offending through the delivery of an innovative rehabilitation programme to those in prison and those at risk of going to prison. Key4Life sympathises with the considerable challenges many are facing at this unprecedented moment in history with COVID-19. Not least our young men, who have either been in prison or are at risk of going to prison. They are currently providing online support to our men, mentors, and companies to help with riding the wave at this difficult time. 

Key4Life invites you to an online lunchtime seminar on Wednesday 22nd July – 1 to 2pm, hosted by Carole Walker, who worked for many years as a BBC political news correspondent. This promises to be a fascinating insight into the challenges and opportunities facing the workplace today. It will be an opportunity to hear from various industry leaders, hear the stories of a few of Key4Life’s young men and a chance to share opinions and ideas. Key4Life will also be talking about their Younited Flag Campaign.

To find out more and register, contact india.oakley.smith@key4life.org.uk