{"id":105522,"date":"2022-02-10T13:26:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T13:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=105522"},"modified":"2022-02-10T13:26:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T13:26:34","slug":"youth-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/youth-unemployment\/105522\/","title":{"rendered":"West Fraser tackles youth unemployment with new partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>West Fraser, formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/wood-panel-products\/98290\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norbord<\/a>, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Youth Employment UK to tackle youth unemployment<\/h2>\n<p>Founded in 2012, Youth Employment UK is a not-for-profit social enterprise offering young people skills and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/west-fraser-internship\/99052\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">career support<\/a> to equip them for the world of work, as part of the quest to tackle youth unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation strives to present young people between the ages of 14 and 24 with opportunities to explore education and training options and connects them with youth-friendly employers.<\/p>\n<h3>West Fraser careers<\/h3>\n<p>One such employer is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/stakeholders\/modular-construction-stakeholders\/west-fraser-wood-based-panel-products\/98121\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Fraser<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>With a designated West Fraser page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youthemployment.org.uk\/careers-hub-employer\/west-fraser-careers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Fraser &#8211; Youth Employment UK<\/a> on the information-packed Youth Employment UK website, young people can read inspiring profiles of current West Fraser graduate trainees and explore real vacancies at West Fraser\u2019s sites in South Molton, Cowie and Inverness. There are details of summer internships and placements, apprenticeships and graduate jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can also download West Fraser\u2019s Young Professionals booklet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youthemployment.org.uk\/dev\/wp-content\/themes\/yeuk\/files\/west-fraser-careers-booklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">west-fraser-careers-booklet.pdf (youthemployment.org.uk)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on the opportunities available to young people at West Fraser, contact Carol Brown \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:carol.brown@westfraser.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carol.brown@westfraser.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on Youth Employment UK visit the website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youthemployment.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home &#8211; Youth Employment UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Fraser, formerly known as Norbord, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Youth Employment UK to tackle youth unemployment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[547,882,661,96149,592,596],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172550],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-105522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hr-skills-news","7":"tag-apprenticeship","8":"tag-employment","9":"tag-hr","10":"tag-sh-west-fraser","11":"tag-skills","12":"tag-training","13":"stakeholder_rel_tag-west-fraser"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Fraser tackles youth unemployment with new partnership<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"West Fraser, formerly known as Norbord, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Youth Employment UK to tackle youth unemployment\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/youth-unemployment\/105522\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"West Fraser tackles youth unemployment with new partnership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"West Fraser, formerly known as Norbord, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Youth Employment UK to tackle youth unemployment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/youth-unemployment\/105522\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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