Employing children and young people

There are a number of ways that you, as an employer, can contribute to the education process and help improve the prospects of young people.

These include:

• offer work experience places for students or work shadowing for teachers
• provide resources, equipment and use of premises
• set actual business problems for students to solve in their projects
• give talks and lectures to enrich the curriculum with real business experience

Internships - working with graduates

Internships enable graduates to develop valuable skills and boost their employment chances.

You should remember that if an intern is classed as a worker, then they are normally due the national minimum wage.

Read more on the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage - rates and overview.

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are real jobs with training. They are focused on the workplace and lead to nationally-recognised qualifications.

You can hire a new employee as an apprentice and you can also place existing employees onto apprenticeship courses as a way of improving their skills.

Most training typically takes place on-site with the rest provided by your college or learning provider.

Read more about Apprenticeships: delivering work-based training and qualifications to employees.