Recruitment Matters July 2013

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Recruitment Matters Issue 17 July 2013

Trade Association of the Year

What’s inside The 2 -3 Intelligence and REC talk Kate Shoesmith considers the skills deficit, and Tom Hadley and Kevin Green discuss youth employment strategies Dr Deirdre Hughes (2nd left), chair of the National Careers Council, and Matthew Hancock, minister for Skills, with delegates at the launch of ‘An Aspirational Nation’.

Skills for the future: new report offers advice to the careers sector Last month a report focusing on the skills gap among young people was launched by the National Careers Council, formed last year to advise the government on careers matters following two years of cuts to careers support. The report, entitled ‘An Aspirational Nation’, suggests that there is still plenty of work to be done by businesses, the government and educators if young people are to acquire the skills and attitudes needed to fill the many positions currently left vacant by employers looking for the right people to fill them. Skills minister Matthew Hancock said: “Last year we created the National Careers Service to provide professional advice, and give schools and further education colleges a powerful new responsibility to secure independent careers guidance for their students. “This report sets out an ambitious new path for how careers guidance needs to progress – to inspire, motivate and inform.”

Among the recommendations made by the NCC were several encouraging the greater involvement of the employment sector, including the volunteering of staff to give job presentations at schools and colleges, and a new scheme aimed at promoting character and resilience in a successful working life. As our investigation on pp4-5 shows, the recruitment sector can contribute hugely to this type of careers support by helping to give young people the skills they need to get ahead, by giving presentations, teaching potential employees about how the jobs market works and encouraging employers to do the same. Dr Deirdre Hughes, chair of the council and writer of the report, said: “It falls to the careers sector to make sure that both young people and adults get the help they need. Together we can create a movement to bringing about a much needed culture change in careers provision for young people and adults.”

Getting the 4-5 message out there We look at how recruiters can help engage with young people

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Legal Update and Business Matters

The legal lowdown on employing young people and specialist accounting

Institute of Recruitment 7 Professionals We speak to Trevor Pinder, winner of Executive Search Consultant of the Year at the IRP Awards, plus tips from Katie Bancroft, managing director of Exceptional Solutions

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The best events and training

The best in-company training and the Recruitment Business Toolkit

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