AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoAI and Job Cuts: Squarespace is cutting about 300 jobs, or 19% of its workforce, as it reshapes teams around changing technology. Affected staff are set to receive at least 16 weeks’ pay and continued healthcare. Graduate Job Search: Graduates face AI screening and AI-led interviews, but career advisers say they can use AI to practise and sharpen applications while keeping their own skills and voice clear. Routes Into Work: Bournemouth and Poole College is expanding its apprenticeships event as demand grows for paid work combined with training; it works with more than 700 employers and reports strong completion and progression. Women’s Employment: Punjab’s She Thread programme has trained 1,150 rural women for textile jobs, with a target of 2,500 by next June. In Macau, more than 80% of surveyed full-time female carers said they want to return to work, but cited age, outdated qualifications and care duties as barriers. Youth Support: A Norfolk plan aims to stop young people becoming detached from education, work and support; nearly one million young people in the UK are classed as not in education, employment or training.
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