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Jobs for the Girls: Two Years On

Obviously, the aspiration must be for all two-year-olds, but we want to start with the most disadvantaged families first, because they are the ones in greatest need and least able to afford the current high cost of child care, so that is where we have got to at present. We agree with the Select Committee's recommendation in paragraph 10 that more must be done to realise"““the importance of these apparently 'extra' duties of careers advice and work experience.””" Providing advice for women from a young age is essential. As stated in paragraph 11, it is particularly useful for small and medium-sized enterprises that normally do not have a human resources department and therefore find it much harder to forge positive business-education partnerships at the local level.