UCAS personal statement

#YouthVoice: What goes in your personal statement?

When does your UCAS personal statement have to be in? Each year the exact deadline date changes, but you can […]


Free careers magazine for your mobile!

The October edition of the brilliant Plotr Careers Magazine is out now! This is a great magazine that is packed […]


21st Century life for Young People – the challenge we face today

By Laurence As the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks pass, many people would associate the extinct Twin Towers with […]


A generation of unease

Jack rounds up the week at the Conservative annual conference in Manchester

Protection of the Lowest Paid? With the Conservative annual conference in Manchester now at an official close, it is an […]


Open letter to Matthew Hancock MP following his comments regarding young people’s productivity and pay

An open letter to Matthew Hancock MP At Youth Employment UK, we were deeply disappointed to hear the comments from […]


Top Tips for Volunteering Abroad

By Meg Volunteering Abroad is a popular choice for young people; seeing the world and doing something worthwhile. It can […]


“Young people are not as productive on average” so don’t deserve pay rise #WorthMore

We are  disappointed by Tory Minister Matthew Hancock’s comments about the reasons the Living Wage is available to only those people […]


CV Writing Tips!

When writing a CV there are several things you need to know, take into account and really focus on! Employers want […]


The Final Countdown

  I’m now at a point in my life where employability and my future career are being drilled into my […]


Employers’ Experience of Higher Apprenticeships: Benefits and Barriers

Ruth Mieschbuehler, Tristram Hooley and Siobhan Neary of the University of Derby have published a report on higher Apprenticeships, entitled: […]


Job Searching in a changing world

You might have been looking for a job for sometime now and beginning to think about what you are going […]


Launch of the Careers and Enterprise Company

Yesterday, I attended the launch of The Careers and Enterprise Company. The event was packed to the rafters with colleagues […]