More than half of school students say they will consider an apprenticeship after leaving school as their route into employment.
A survey commissioned by the Association of Accounting Technicians found the main reasons for young people considering an apprenticeship over university were:
- They can start earning money straight away – 37%
- They will get valuable work experience – 35%
- They want to learn valuable work skills as soon as possible – 30%
AAT revealed that two thirds of 16-30 year olds 64% – that’s 8 million young Britons – think an apprenticeship could fast track their careers over university. Looking at the views of degree holders, in hindsight, over half 54%, would now consider an alternative route into employment rather than a university degree, while nearly half 45% will still consider doing an apprenticeship in the future.
The information and communication sector is where these apprenticeships are mainly being considered 22%, with ‘white collar’ jobs, including accountancy and law, coming in second place 14%. Only around half of young people, however 50% said they had heard about routes to employment such as apprenticeships from the careers advice they were given, with 55 per cent citing that the advice still had a focus on going to work after university.
The information and communication sector is where these apprenticeships are mainly being considered (22%), with ‘white collar’ jobs, including accountancy and law, coming in second place 14%. Only around half of young people, however 50% said they had heard about routes to employment such as apprenticeships from the careers advice they were given, with 55 per cent citing that the advice still had a focus on going to work after university.
Mark Farrar the Chief Executive said: ” I think Apprenticeships are valuable and prehaps been underplayed. By definition they are essentially a job and its one where you get the experience of work”