However, more than half of businesses do not offer work experience, blaming cost, a lack of time or too much administration.
The findings have come from research by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) involving 3,000 of its members.
The results show that 88 per cent of the companies feel young people are unprepared for the workplace, with 54 per cent also saying that university graduates are not “work-ready”.
Seventy-six per cent blamed a lack of work experience for the problem, but at the same time 52 per cent said they did not offer work experience. Reasons for this include cost and time (25 per cent), too much school administration (23 per cent), and a lack of information (22 per cent).
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