Supermarkets turn down graduates as vacancies drop
Summary
Young people in the UK are having difficulty finding jobs, with graduates struggling to gain basic supermarket roles. There are less jobs available than before and the upcoming changes in workers' rights and increasing employment costs are causing employers to be more cautious in hiring.Key Facts
- Young individuals are experiencing struggle in finding work in the UK.
- UK graduates, including those with Master's degrees, are being turned away from even basic job roles in supermarkets.
- Due to increasing employer costs and transformations in workers' rights, retailers are scaling back their hiring.
- As a result, jobs available in the UK have fallen to 781,000 in the first part of the current year.
- The rising cost of employment is believed to be the cause behind businesses' reluctance to hire new staff.
- Law changes could result in reduced staff numbers and less flexible job offerings in the retail sector, according to a British Retail Consortium survey.
- Over the last five years, approximately 250,000 jobs have been lost in retail.
- Owing to these effects, part-time roles have decreased by 200,000 since 2017.
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