Across Britain, roughly one million young people stand outside the gates of working life — not in school, not in training, not employed — and the distance between them and opportunity has grown wide enough to alarm a generation. In response, more than forty of the country's largest retailers have joined with the government to offer a first foothold: short placements, guaranteed interviews, and a companion to guide the way. The initiative, called Opening Shift, is less a solution than a beginning — an acknowledgment that the cycle of 'no experience, no job' cannot be broken by young people alon
UK retailers launch 100,000 placements for jobless young people
Approximately 1 million young people in the UK are not in employment, education or training, with projections warning this could rise to 1.25 million without intervention.