forward ladies 3 march 2017
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“Tinker Tailor Soldier or Spy”
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“1 Billion young people will start work in the next decade - only 40% in jobs that now exist”
The Economist, 23 Jan 2016
100 %
Net New Jobs created in Europe in the past 5 years were from companies less than 5 years old….
THE PACE OF CHANGE IN OUR ECONOMIES IS HIGH AND INCREASING
THE SKILLS GAP IS SET TO GET LARGER….
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990,000 1,200,000
. Source: Adzuna
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1MNumber of new science, engineering and tech professionals required in the UK (Royal Society 2014)
5.8MNumber of people forecast to be needed in the app economy by 2018 (OECD)
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“how will the next generation answer the question
‘what will you do when you grow up?’
when 40 % of the jobs that they will aspire to have not been created yet and 100%
of the net jobs come from companies less than 5 years old…?”
KEY INFLUENCERS
THE SKILLS GAP IS SET TO GET LARGER….
#scaleup
THE SKILLS GAP IS SET TO GET LARGER….
#scaleup
|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
2000Floated second Start-up
1986 Came to the UK to attend the London
School of Economics
1987Became a Computer
Programmer
1991Studied Business at Harvard
1994Joined my first
‘start-up’
1995Founded second Start-up
Sherry Coutu CBE < 2000
1997first ‘startup’ sold
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|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBETHE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE#scaleup
|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE
Nationwide service
www.founders4schools.org.uk
Total young people by age
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Leeds
www.founders4schools.org.uk
Every young Londoner should have completed at least 100 hours experience of the world of work, in some form, by the time
they reach the age of 16
Every secondary school and college should have up-to-date, user-friendly labour market
intelligence/information (LMI) readily accessible.
Introducing Workfinder
Get experience at Britain’s best companies in a few taps.
www.workfinder.com
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2. Filter
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Workfinder.com
3. View company profile
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Workfinder.com
4. Apply
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8. View messages
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Workfinder.com
9. Employer rating
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Workfinder.com
Closing the skills gap
www.workfinder.com
www.founders4schools.org.ukwww.workfinder.com
How you can help 1. Sign-up as a Business Leader
volunteer to inspire students.2. Get at least 5 more employees
to sign-up.3. Host work experience
placements through Workfinder.4. Sponsor work experience
placements for a class or school of your choice.
www.founders4schools.org.ukwww.workfinder.com
How you can help
Today’s students will be working for and creating tomorrow’s companies….
Empowering YOU
https://www.founders4schools.org.uk
“Tinker Tailor Soldier and Spy”