Helping employers circulate vacancies & labour market information

Trevor Bottomley, Employment & Labour Market AdviserPfYL, 28th September 2015

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What do we do now?

How do we get information about opportunities to young people?

What are the advantages?

What are the disadvantages?

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Background - the changing job market for young Londoners

What happened to school leaver jobs?

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1980s

• Recession and certainty of school work ends• Most ‘school leaver jobs’ ask for few skills or

qualifications

Mid 1990s

• Competition from adults for what used to be thought of as ‘junior’ jobs

• More young people staying in education at 16

2014

• Even entry level jobs expect people to be ‘job ready’ and have ‘soft skills’ (eg communication, team work)

• Expansion of apprenticeships

London jobs mismatch

Employers and education want the same young people but increasingly difficult for low skilled and/or qualified Londoners to find jobs that meet their needs and expectations

‘jobs mismatch’ in UK cities as low skilled jobs move out ‘job ready’ very similar to education ready – attitude and behaviour, soft

skills, literacy & numeracy Catch 22 16-18: Employers often find difficulty attracting suitable

school/college leavers in London, while those who want work (rather than full-time education) often struggle to find it

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Employment & LMI resourcesfrom CLC Building Futures

www.clcbuildingfutures.org

Live full-time & part-time jobs: Weekly Opportunities (see handout) Part-Time & Temporary Work Guide

Apprenticeships: Apprenticeships: A Guide for Advisers (2015) CLC and GOV.UK apprenticeship and traineeship guides

Job Search: Employability Course Guide (see handout) CVs, interviews, job hunting, etc

Self Employment & Social Enterprise Labour Market Information:

London Youth Labour Market Summary (updated monthly – see handout) Occasional 2/3 page summaries of important reports Links to other resources

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Weekly Opportunities Bulletin

Aimed at advisers working with young people in Central London – not aimed directly at young people

Not aiming to be 100% comprehensive but pointing in the right direction and helping start the process.

Immediate opportunities Mainly focusing on opportunities for

NEET young people (eg employability courses) now, but shifts towards education leavers closer to summer

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Weekly Opportunities Bulletin

Not a course listing and not attempting to replicate Find an apprenticeship

Draws out a few interesting examples each week from Find an apprenticeship

Also links larger employers and learning providers – many will have contacted us directly asking to circulate vacancies

Aimed at advisers working with young people in Central London – not aimed directly at young people

Links to events and other resources

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Employability Course Guide

A valiant attempt to list all training in London that aims to help young people develop skills they need to get a job

Does not cover organisations that: offer advice and guidance only offer voluntary work only offer lifeskills training only offer English and maths courses only

All London (rather than Central London/CLC area) to support CLC workforce development training

A ‘living’ directory – new courses will start and other will close and advisers can email details/leads to CLCinformation@rbkc.gov.uk

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How could we improve?

How could we improve the job information we get to young people without a lot of extra time or resources?

Is there in way we could co-operate better?

See notes below for group discussions

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