Regierung verspricht 50.000 neue Lehrstellen im Rahmen der Beschäftigungsoffensive
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgkpzpy1zno
Von topotaul
Regierung verspricht 50.000 neue Lehrstellen im Rahmen der Beschäftigungsoffensive
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgkpzpy1zno
Von topotaul
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Hopefully actual apprenticeships and not those fake ones companies use to just pay people less than the min wage. I remember nearly applying for one at a call centre to do an „apprenticeship“, which was actually just doing a call centre job for like 50p less than the minimum wage, which after thinking about it I just rejected because there’s no excuse for an „apprenticeship“ for a job that can be taught in a week or two.
Was also kind of obvious there would be no job at the end of it and they’d just find a new „apprentice“, just a big scam.
This has the potential to be a very good initiative.
However, I do have a number of serious concerns.
Firstly, I saw on the news earlier today that the job roles being made available will be 6 months long. That’s hardly any time to learn anything substantive, and of any real value.
Secondly, the roles will involve work in hospitality. Unfortunately, work in hospitality is notoriously low to very low paid and can be very seasonal in nature. This doesn’t really provide the prospects of a very stable career in the future. It also risks reliance again upon more workers needing benefits – in the form of UC (Universal Credit) – to top up their low pay. Or even claiming benefits in their entirety again in the event of employment within the hospitality sector drying up.
Lastly, what use is it to employers taking on these young people if their skills and qualifications aren’t particularly suited to the trainee work being provided? What value is it to the employers or the jobseekers if the jobseekers are reluctant participants? Surely it’s in the interests of both parties involved to be enthusiastic about the work they are doing, and that the trainee is a ‘good fit’ for the employer.
As for the Conservatives’ Shadow DWP SoS Helen Whately carping about Labour and the benefits system. I’ll just remind her of the unprecedented mess of a benefits system and employment market (and utterly dreadful economy and economic record) her rotten Conservative governments bequeathed to Labour last year…..
A.i is nipping at the heels of many industrys right now, employment is going to become harder and harder to achieve.
There’s two big issues with apprenticeships regardless of level of funding for them
First is you can’t force the businesses that people actually want to work with to hire them. Sorry to stereotype, but a lot of apprentices are people who didn’t apply themselves in school. They don’t suddenly become hard working, resilient workers when you throw them out of a warm classroom into a freezing cold and wet worksite in Stoke
Second is if it doesn’t lead to work for which you need a genuine trade qualification, it’s just a way for companies to avoid paying minimum wage. Too many apprenticeships for work that can be taught in a single day of training