ACCESS Generation CIC has teamed up with the Prince’s Trust initiative, Talent Match Leicester, to research local companies to assess and benchmark their youth employment accessibility.

The research will involve the job section on company websites being assessed against a survey criteria that was created by young people.

Chris Tarry, founder of Access Generation, said: “We recently ran a number of workshops designed to better understand the experiences of young people looking for employment and the challenges that they might face. As a result of these workshops, it was found that the biggest obstacle to employment for inexperienced young people was the barriers faced throughout the online application process.

“We are very excited to be working with Talent Match and we feel confident that we will be able to provide straight-forward practical advice to employers looking to recruit young people, based on the evidence that the research presents.”

Emma Southern, Talent Match Leicester Manager, said: “We are pleased to be working with Access Generation on this research. They bring their knowledge and expertise on business which will help us have an open and frank conversation with businesses about how they can support the under 25s labour market.”

The initial results of the research will be available in July and businesses will be invited to attend workshops to find out more during Leicester’s Business Festival later in the year.

An overview of the results will be published and individual companies will be invited to request their own reports to find out where they fair in comparison to peers and what areas they need to improve to attract young talent.