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It explores how extracurricular activities can give young people the skills and experiences they need to enter the world of work and progress in their careers.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn particular, it focuses on how Scouts (as an example) builds strong relationships and social experience, and how young people can develop the skills and attributes that employers are looking for.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"callToAction","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","buttonText":"Download the report: The Employability Badge (PDF)","buttonLink":{"name":"Download the Youth Employability Report","id":null,"url":"https://prod-cms.scouts.org.uk/media/20872/scouts-youth-employability-report-may-2023.pdf","newWindow":false,"target":"_blank"},"colour":{"value":"002f6c","label":"002f6c"},"alignment":"left"},{"type":"Promo","cta":"","body":"\u003Ch3\u003EKey findings\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E74% of Scouts\u00A0alumni felt \u003Cstrong\u003Eoptimistic about getting what they want out of their careers\u003C/strong\u003E, compared to 47% of people who didn\u2019t do extracurricular activities.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E53% of those who went to Scouts \u003Cstrong\u003Efelt prepared starting work for the first time\u003C/strong\u003E, compared to 37% people who didn\u2019t take part in any extracurricular activities.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E60% of Scouts alumni agreed that taking part in extracurricular activities \u003Cstrong\u003Ehelped prepare them for their careers\u003C/strong\u003E, in comparison to 49% of non-Scouts (including those who did other activities).\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESpending a long and frequent amount of time doing extracurricular activities brings the most impact for young people, as those who took part more often felt significantly higher benefits.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E78% of full-time employed people say \u003Cstrong\u003Eextracurricular activities had a big impact on their lives\u003C/strong\u003E, compared to 62% of unemployed people.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThose who were in Scouts are gaining the skills employers most value, with more than half saying the teamwork and leadership skills they learned in Scouts help with their careers.\u003C/p\u003E","link":null,"colour":"#f1f1f1","title":"","image":null,"imageFocus":"","imageId":0,"imageKey":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","imageCrop":"","gridType":"card","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/19977/200223-028-1.jpg","width":3573,"height":2382,"altText":"Three female Scouts sitting at a table working on a mind map to plan an event","caption":"","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3\u003ETransferable skills are most important\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report outlines how young people are being held back by a \u2018double skills gap,\u2019 with employers struggling to recruit people with the right transferable and technical skills.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, employers consistently said they most valued transferable skills, believing them to be the most important.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDemos argue the drive to net zero and the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) have put a premium on the kind of transferable skills that can\u2019t be automated. It\u2019s the absence of these skills, rather than technical skills, that most impacts the employability of young people.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report argues that people who\u2019ve taken part in extracurricular activities felt significantly better prepared to start work. 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