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Employers’ biggest complaint about young people is their ‘work readiness’, Milburn continues, emphasising the importance of work experience.
He tells Radio 4:
Just a few days ago, we were talking to Marks and Spencers, to John Lewis, to all of these employers. And the biggest complaint that people have is about what work readiness.
They know that the young people have got qualifications. What they worry more about is whether schools have gifted them the attributes that are needed for the workplace. And that is all about communication, collaboration, agility, adaptability, skills.
People always talk about welfare and they’re right to do so. But this is a problem in the labour market, in the welfare system, in the school system, in the skills system and in the health system.
It’s not reforms that you need. It’s a radical reset.
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