“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 […]


All-Party Parliamentary Group Update

Yesterday, the APPG for Youth Employment (of which Youth Employment UK is the Secretariat) met in Westminster. MPs and Members […]


Youth unemployment statistics

The latest youth unemployment statistics were announced yesterday.  There has been a slight fall in the numbers.  However, the rate […]


Taking a gap year – a wise choice or a dangerous move?

Gerard McGuigan As many students across the U.K embark upon their A-level studies (or indeed highers for those in Scotland), […]


A generation of unease

Zero Hour Contract ONS Update – April to June 2015

By Youth Ambassador Jack Welch In new figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the rate of people […]


“I knew I had it in me, I just needed the qualifications to prove it

Joanne Commons, 24, from Coalville had been out of work for nearly a year after having her son. After applying […]


Autonomy – Liberation for the Young Generation

Zishi Zhang ‘It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair’ Dickens created the most memorable phenomenon […]