Young workers preparedness 2016

The statistic displays how prepared employers in the United Kingdom (UK) thought young people who were being hired for their first job were, according to a survey conducted in 2016. Of responding businesses, 19 percent thought that university leavers were very well prepared, compared with 12 percent that thought sixteen-year old school leavers were very poorly prepared.

Perceived preparedness of young people for work according to employers in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016*

Characteristic	Very well prepared	Well prepared	Poorly prepared	Very poorly prepared
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Release date

June 2017

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Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales, Northern Ireland)

Survey time period

May to August 2016

Number of respondents

1827**

Special properties

Establishments in England, Northern Ireland and Wales who have recruited a school, college and/or university leaver to their first job in the last 2-3 years

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

* 'Don't knows' and 'Other' excluded.

** Base size for employers that recruited 16 year olds to first job from school.
All that recruited 17-18 year olds to first job from school: n=2630
All that recruited 17-18 year olds to first job from FE college): n=2558
All that recruited university or higher education leavers): n=3147.
Base sizes are unweighted.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Education and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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