The new report says many young people lack emotional resilience and teamwork skills
Bear Grylls, Chief Scout, and author of the report’s foreword, said opportunities to develop resilience, teamwork and leadership skills should be “available to all” to protect today’s young people who are under “more pressure than ever”, to understand their experience of entering the job market.
It found that 61 per cent said a lack of work experience meant they did not feel sufficiently prepared for starting work after school or university, an addition to 44 per cent identifying a lack of career guidance as the main reason they felt unprepared for the world of work. Alice Dawson, Researcher at Demos and co-author of The Employability Badge, said: “Our research shows a reckless disconnect between UK education policy and what the job market actually wants from new recruits.
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