Tue, 7 Jan 2014Skills minister Matthew Hancock has backed the Get In Get On programme, which offers virtual work experience to young people, as it is expanded into the legal sector.

The programme was initially launched into the financial services sector.

The one-month programme works by supplying online mentoring and learning modules to help young people better understand the sector they are interested in and prepare them for entering the workplace.
 
Hancock says: “I am very happy to support Get In Get On – which connects young people in school with mentors from the world of financial services and accountancy, and now will include those from the legal sector.”
 
The Financial and Legal Skills Partnership (FLSP), which runs the programme, will be supported by legal firms Norton Rose Fulbright, Allen and Overy and Ashurst. Each of these firms will provide at least 10 mentors to help young people in state secondary schools and colleges to develop career management skills.
 
More than 200 young people have benefitted from mentoring from organisations such as HSBC, Standard Life, JP Morgan and KPMG since the programme’s launch in summer 2013.