K-Group employed 1,800 young people through the Youth Guarantee
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
KESKO CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE 28.01.2015 AT 09.00 1(2)
During the Youth Guarantee in the K-Group programme, around 1,800 unemployed
young adults in its target group gained a foothold in working life when employed
by K-Group stores. The success of the programme, launched in August 2013 and
terminated at the end of 2014, exceeded all expectations in the K-Group,
reaching almost double the original target of one thousand young people.
Half of all K-retailer entrepreneurs, that is, nearly 600 retailers employed
young people in the target group of the programme across Finland. Most of them
were employed by food stores, but many were also recruited to jobs in the K-
Group's home improvement and speciality goods trade and the car and machinery
trade.
"The Youth Guarantee works if we are prepared to invest in it. The close and
direct cooperation between employers and the Employment and Economic Development
Centres was also central to the success. The target of one thousand employed
young people set by us for our programme was far exceeded. K-retailers and Kesko
with its subsidiaries are strongly committed to providing employment to young
people," says Matti Mettälä, Kesko's Senior Vice President, Human Resources.
K-Group retailers and stores made use of various employment options during the
programme and, in addition to employment contracts, also offered apprenticeships
and work experiments.
"Providing employment to young people is a natural part of the K-Group's
responsible operations. It is particularly positive that the number
apprenticeships increased significantly in our stores during the programme,"
says Mettälä pleased.
"Young people must be given a chance"
"Young people must be given a chance" is the motto of Taina Källi, who runs a K-
rauta store in Järvenpää. She is, for instance, engaged in cooperation with the
youth and employment unit of the city of Järvenpää.
"One of the girls who started at the checkout later moved to a permanent job at
the store cafe. Now she has been studying to be a cook while at work," says the
retailer.
She also praises the support given by the coordinator of the Youth Guarantee in
the K-Group programme in questions related to salary support. The assistance has
been of key importance when decisions on employing young people have been made.
The Youth Guarantee Coordinator will continue to provide help and expertise to
Kesko's supervisors and K-retailers in issues related to the employment of young
people.
K-Group stores are an important employer of young people. In all, around 12,000
young people and adults aged under 30 were employed by K-Group stores during the
period from August 2013 to December 2014.
Further information:
Executive Vice President Matti Mettälä, Kesko Corporation, tel. +358 10 53 22200
Youth Guarantee Coordinator Johanna Kinnunen, the K-Retailers' Association, tel.
+358 50 342 7860
Kesko (www.kesko.fi) is one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in
the World. We are a retail specialist whose chains have about 2,000 stores in
the Nordic and Baltic countries, Russia, and Belarus. Our stores offer quality
to the daily lives of consumers.
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