Spencer Mehlman, the website's managing director, described the government's creation of 100,000 new work placements as a 'positive move', as they will allow people to open their mind to the different options available to them.
The chancellor announced the new placements, and the creation of 80,000 new apprenticeships, in his Budget statement yesterday.
'A great number of [young people] aren't very sure of their career path or their chosen career, and a lot of that is down to them never having really been in the workplace or having got a feel for what it's like working in some of the areas they are quite interested in,' he explained.
He told young people and jobseekers that taking on a work placement will very quickly reveal to them whether they are cut out for a desk job, such as IT, or if they'd be better outdoors.
The chancellor announced the new placements, and the creation of 80,000 new apprenticeships, in his Budget statement yesterday.
'A great number of [young people] aren't very sure of their career path or their chosen career, and a lot of that is down to them never having really been in the workplace or having got a feel for what it's like working in some of the areas they are quite interested in,' he explained.
He told young people and jobseekers that taking on a work placement will very quickly reveal to them whether they are cut out for a desk job, such as IT, or if they'd be better outdoors.
