In the first of two special features for FE News to celebrate Youth Employment Week, Alison Morris, Director of Policy, brings together Skills Federation members Adrian Wookey, Head of New Entrants, Training Pathways and Further Education Strategy at the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and Justine Fosh, CEO of Cogent Skills, to discuss how employers are opening up opportunities for young people and helping them build successful careers in science and engineering construction.
The article highlights where the greatest opportunities for young people exist across different sectors and showcases how employers are supporting them at various stages of their career journeys. It also explores some of the challenges employers face in attracting and recruiting young talent, and how, with the support of their sector skills bodies, they are working to address and overcome these barriers.
You can read the full article here
