Why should employers and their organizations promote youth employment?
It makes good business sense The first reason why employers should promote youth employment is that it is beneficial to business and their organizations as well as the youth themselves. The supply of youth labour represents a valuable resource that should be tapped and enterprises need skilled human capital to grow and thrive. Young people bring energy, skills and talent thus providing employers with a long and good return on their investment. For employers it is a win-win situation as, on the one hand, hiring talented youth will contribute to boosting the revenues and growth of the enterprise and, on the other, the increased earning power of youth will stimulate the economy. Seen from an employer organization’ perspective, it is important to help create and sustain a favourable climate for business development and growth which will inevitably enable young people to find jobs or create their own businesses. An increase in the number of businesses means a potential increase in the numbe
