Inquisitive young people across Bassetlaw gain advice from industry experts at Ambitions North Notts

Young people across Bassetlaw are getting ready to embark on world of work, grilled industry experts at Ambitions North Notts. Kurtis-Jay Castle, Co-host of the event and chief executive at Youth Enterprise Academy says

“The event was a massive success, it was exciting to see young people engage with real people about their journey through school and how it has helped them towards their deciding career path”

Now, the Youth Enterprise Academy is paying attention the to issues and concerns young people have in order to provide the best possible support. Our research and evaluations deliver insights into the dream, hopes and aspirations of young people, as well as the barriers they face to success.

This for us means we need to continuously carry out research in fact, In current ongoing research projects, we are already seeing trends, one of which was when we asked young people; If they believe academic qualifications is enough to secure the job they want, 82% said yes, 91% of the young people believe they was taught the relevant and necessary employment skills required in the workplace.

As part of the research project, we are involving employers too, when we asked employers if school leavers are unprepared for the world of work, 85% of them said yes.

Kurtis then adds; “Although Ambition North Notts was successful, more needs to be done in order to continue the development of our next-generation and the  future workforce of Bassetlaw. We need to create programs that are fun and engaging and it is important that we put pressure on the school across Bassetlaw to be more involved in local incentives.”