{"id":58351,"date":"2015-06-24T23:15:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=03998a46b44cf30d9fd451091132e79c"},"modified":"2015-06-24T23:15:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T23:15:09","slug":"press-release-ukces-welcomes-new-london-councils-careers-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=58351","title":{"rendered":"Press release: UKCES welcomes new London Councils careers report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (<abbr title=\"UK Commission for Employment and Skills\">UKCES<\/abbr>) today welcomed the publication of a new report on careers for young people in the capital by London Councils and the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/lep.london\/\">London Enterprise Panel<\/a>. The report is written by <abbr title=\"UK Commission for Employment and Skills\">UKCES<\/abbr> Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/deirdre-hughes\">Dr Deirdre Hughes<\/a> and is supported by the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/\">Mayor of London<\/a>, who will launch the report at City Hall today (25 June 2015).<\/p>\n<p>Among other recommendations, the report proposes that every young Londoner should have completed 100 hours of experience of the world of work by age 16.  <\/p>\n<p>Experience of the world of work is seen as increasingly important as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-death-of-the-saturday-job-the-decline-in-earning-and-learning-amongst-young-people-in-the-uk\">the proportion of 16 and 17-year-olds combining full-time education with a part-time job<\/a> has fallen from 42% in 1997 to 18% in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/employer-perspectives-survey\"><abbr title=\"UK Commission for Employment and Skills\">UKCES<\/abbr> business surveys<\/a> consistently show lack of experience as one of the top factors employers cite when rejecting young people for jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting, Alex Curling, Assistant Director at <abbr title=\"UK Commission for Employment and Skills\">UKCES<\/abbr>, said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><abbr title=\"UK Commission for Employment and Skills\">UKCES<\/abbr> research has highlighted the importance of work experience for employers, who often see a candidate\u2019s experience as equally important as their qualifications. This report\u2019s recommendation for broadening the contact young people have with the world of work is welcome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Crucially, the report makes clear that \u2018experience\u2019 goes far beyond a formal work placement. Employers can and should provide experiences for school-age students that include talks and presentations, mentoring, careers advice, role model visits, mock interviews, or visits to workplaces.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) today welcomed the publication of a new report on careers for young people in the capital by London Councils and the London Enterprise Panel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}