Stewart Segal ~ Non-executive Director of HIT Training gives his reaction to this weeks news of unemployment figures among the young. This week the level of unemployment amongst young people aged up to 24 reached over 1 million.
Although this was predicted by all of the newspapers it did not make the news any easier to accept. It is clear that as companies try and keep their costs down they are reluctant to take on young people who need training and support in the early stages of their careers.
This makes Apprenticeships as a route into work even more important for young people and provides companies the opportunity to maintain their recruitment of young people.
HIT Training are able to provide this route into work through the Apprenticeship programme with some financial support from the government. HIT has delivered even more Apprenticeship starts than ever before in the last 12 months and has doubled the number of young people starting the programme.
With the numbers of young people unemployed reaching over 1 million the hospitality sector and HIT in particular can provide much needed chances for young people to start on their career paths.
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