NESTLÉ NEEDS YOUTH INFOGRAPHIC:
The Nestlé European Youth Employment Initiative in a
nutshell
Nestlé has pledged to create 20,000
positions for young people across Europe over the next three years.
The Nestlé needs YOUth Initiative
will offer jobs to 10,000 people under the age of 30 and create 10,000
apprentice positions and traineeships by 2016.
"Today, one in four young
people in Europe does not have a job," said Laurent Freixe, Nestlé
Executive Vice-President and Zone Director for Europe.
He was speaking at the Nestlé
needs YOUth launch event in Athens, the capital of Greece, a country where
more than half of those under the age of 25 are without work.
Growing
in Europe
"Think of the impact on our
society if these young people are left on the margins, without income, without
a future, without hope."
"As 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," he said.
The initiative, the first of its
kind on such a scale, is built upon the company’s continued commitment to
investing in Europe throughout the economic crisis, Mr Freixe added.
Welcome
European Council President Herman
Van Rompuy said the initiative illustrated the unique role that the private
sector could play in helping to resolve Europe’s jobs crisis.
"We have to recognise that
whereas governments can facilitate and support job creation, only private
companies can create jobs or training opportunities," he said.
This initiative aims to harness the dynamism of its youth so
that they can look, with confidence, to a brighter future. Laurent Freixe,
Nestlé Executive Vice-President and Zone Director for Europe
The European Union’s Commissioner
for Education, Androulla Vassiliou also welcomed Nestlé needs YOUth as
an example of how the private sector can contribute to Europe’s recovery.
"I am delighted that Nestlé has
launched this initiative to strengthen and develop the employability of young
people across Europe. It contributes to our efforts so that young people are
not left without hope or opportunity. 20,000 young people will get the chance
to enter the job market which shows that the private sector can clearly make a
difference to tackle the problem of youth unemployment. We expect that such
actions will trigger more similar initiatives from other stakeholders."
Mrs Vassiliou said.
All the Nestlé teams in Europe will
contribute to the initiative.
For example, Nestlé will hire 3,000
young people in France, 2,420 in Germany, 1,250 in Spain and 1,080 in Italy
over the three-year period, including both direct recruitment and
apprenticeship/traineeships positions.
Different
roles
All sectors will have roles,
providing a range of opportunities for those interested in Nestlé’s wide
variety of careers, including manufacturing, administration, Human Resources,
sales, marketing, finance, engineering and R&D.
A BRIGHTER FUTURE: Nestlé's Youth Employment Initiative aims to help young
people in Europe get skilled and get hired.
As part of the initiative, there
will also be a small number of roles specifically designed to give those from
southern Europe invaluable experience working for Nestlé abroad – in
Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria, Nordics and the UK.
Brighter
future
In addition, in order to facilitate
the transition between school and employment, the initiative will also include
a Readiness for Work programme, with career counselling, CV workshops
and interview training at schools, colleges and at Nestlé sites.
Nestlé will also encourage its over
63,000 European suppliers to take part in the Nestlé needs YOUth Initiative
by offering a job, apprenticeship or traineeship to young people, a programme
that will be called Alliance for Youth.
"Nestlé is globally successful
also because we are successful in Europe," explained Mr Freixe. "This
initiative aims to harness the dynamism of its youth so that they can look,
with confidence, to a brighter future."
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