With school-leavers and graduates facing the toughest jobs market for nearly 20 years this summer, small firms are being urged to help them

Barely a fifth of employers plan to hire post-GCSE school leavers over the next three months, while just a third intend to recruit A-level students, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and accountant KPMG. And a third of bosses have already cut back sharply on graduate hiring.

Though many small firms are struggling for survival and may be unable to hire staff directly, they can do more to encourage school-leavers to see small business as a viable career option, suggests business directory company Thomson Local.

It has launched a ‘build a business’ scheme to get schoolchildren to think about how they might set up a business that would aid their community, with the top 50 proposals receiving a £100 bursary to help make it a reality.

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