Scheming for Youth: A Study of YTS in the Enterprise CultureBased on six years of research into the workings of the YTS, this book argues that the emphasis of the scheme upon "free market forces" limits its effectiveness as a means of training young workers and providing them with opportunities to improve their circumstances through paid work. |
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YTS and Southwich College | 23 |
Demand and inequality in a surrogate labour market | 35 |
training entrepreneurs and the Careers Service | 50 |
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apprentices apprenticeships backgrounds better-qualified Careers Office Careers Service catering cent centre Chapter CITB City & Guilds clerical trainees College's complained contacts craft credentials deskilled disadvantaged dogsbody Dovers employed YTS status employer-led schemes engineering entrepreneurial schemes established-skill exam experience felt firms forklift truck former trainees full-time gender hairdressing HCITB industry interview ITBs Jack's job prospects lack leavers survey levels look low-skill managing agents market forces middle-class Mode B schemes motor vehicle MSC's new-skill numbers O-level off-the-job training offered opportunities part-time private training problems programmes quota recruitment retail trainee role sample school leavers selection skill areas skill labels skills training social social class Southwich College sponsors stable-skill staff surrogate labour market There's traditional training standards tutor umbrella schemes unemployed unemployment vocational workers workfare working-class Youth Training Youth Training Scheme YTS placement YTS schemes YTS training