Marks & Spencer, one of the leading retail names on the high street, has started a new scheme for young people, which will offer 1,400 work experience opportunities to 16 to 25 year olds.
The month long placements for unemployed young people, dubbed Make Your Mark, has been launched by M&S in partnership with The Prince's Trust charity. The scheme is already underway or some youngsters but hundreds more opportunities will be made available over the next twelve months.
The unpaid work experience will provide young people with a grounding in what working for a big retailer like Marks & Spencer might be like and will offer training, new skills, mentoring and job support over the course of the four weeks. There is a chance that strong performers will be considered for full time jobs after completing the placements.
Explaining the motivation behind the scheme, chief executive of Marks & Spencer, Marc Bolland, said: “Youth unemployment has become one of today's key social issues and we want to lead the charge for businesses to do more to tackle it head on. That's why we've set aside 1,400 new placements for young people in our stores and have called on our suppliers and other businesses to start engaging their communities and make their own commitments to youth opportunity.”
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