HR News: Retail is on the move again

The number of young people undertaking traineeships, apprenticeships and securing jobs in retail has increased significantly in the first-year post pandemic, according to new data from Qube Learning, a leading recruitment and training solutions provider to the sector.

n the year 2020/21, the number of people who started traineeships in retail via Qube increased by nearly a fifth, 17 per cent; and 91 per cent completed their course, an 11 per cent increase on completions over the previous 2019/20 pandemic year.

Further, of those who completed their traineeships, 63 per cent went on to secure a permanent job in retail – also an 11 per cent increase on the previous year.

Just over a third, 37 per cent, of 2020/21 trainees progressed to full apprenticeships, over double that of the previous year when just 15 per cent committed to an apprenticeship at the end of their training.

To encourage more young people to give retail a chance, Qube applied its ‘Apply, Try, Fly’ mantra designed to help potential recruits over those all-important first hurdles.

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