The company moves to help over 20000 European youth in the labour market <\/i><\/i><\/p>\n
Athens, 15 November 2013 \u2013 “Nestl\u00e9 will provide employment opportunities to 10,000 young people across Europe in the next three years” announced Laurent Freixe, Nestl\u00e9 Executive Vice-President and Zone Director for Europe in Athens on Friday. In the framework of the Nestl\u00e9 Youth Initiative, the company offers apprentice positions and traineeships to another 10,000 young people under 30, launches school consultation programmes and calls upon its European suppliers to join the initiative. Several Nestl\u00e9 partners in Hungary have already indicated to participate in the initiative.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Nestl\u00e9 announced a comprehensive initiative to assist the employment of European youth on Friday. The company will provide work or apprenticeship\/traineeship opportunities to 20,000 European youth under 30 in the scope of the Nestl\u00e9 Youth in the fields of production, administration, marketing, finance, research and development.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, one in four young people in Europe does not have a job<\/i>,\u201d said Laurent Freixe<\/b>, Nestl\u00e9 Executive Vice-President and Zone Director for Europe on the problem that affects employees and companies alike when announcing the initiative in Athens, the capital of Greece, a country where more than half of those under the age of 25 are without work. \u201cAs we continue to grow and invest in Europe, we want to do all we can to strengthen and develop their skills, and improve their employability, regardless of their level of education,\u201d<\/i> he said. The initiative, the first of its kind on such a scale, is built upon the company\u2019s continued commitment to investing in Europe throughout the economic crisis, Mr Freixe added. The European Union\u2019s Commissioner for Education, Androulla Vassiliou <\/b>said she welcomed the Nestl\u00e9 Youth Initiative as an example of how the private sector can contribute to Europe\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n
The Nestl\u00e9 Youth Initiative is built on four pillars. As part thereof, the company also launches school and college counselling programmes to hone young people’s job seeking skills. In addition, Nestl\u00e9 also encourages its over 60,000 suppliers in Europe under the “Alliance for Youth” programme to join the initiative. All European units of the Nestl\u00e9 Group is involved in the implementation of the initiative, including Hungary.<\/p>\n
Pillars of the Nestl\u00e9 Youth Initiative<\/b><\/p>\n
1. Job opportunities in production, administration, marketing, finance, research-development for 10,000 youth under 30 in Europe until 2016.<\/p>\n
2. Apprenticeship\/traineeship offers for 10,000 youth under 30 in Europe until 2016.<\/p>\n
3. The initiative will also feature a “Readiness for work”<\/i> career counselling programme in Europe for schools and colleges (CV clinic, interview training, counselling).<\/p>\n
4. “Alliance for Youth”<\/i> The alliance of Nestl\u00e9 suppliers to support the goals of the initiative and to provide workplaces and work experience.<\/p>\n
The initiative in Hungary<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Several Hungarian companies showed a commitment to join Nestl\u00e9’s efforts as it was mentioned at the announcement of the Youth Initiative in Budapest. Mike Nixon<\/b>, Managing Director of Nestl\u00e9 Hung\u00e1ria Kft. said: “We have constantly developed our capacities in Hungary in the past years. As a result, the number of employees increased by 25% since 2012.”<\/i> As part of the initiative, we increase the number of apprenticeship\/traineeship positions by 50% and offer job opportunities to 180 trainees in the next three years, he added.<\/p>\n