The i2i Can-do Toolkit provides guidance to registered social landlords building new affordable homes and working towards the Welsh Housing Quality Standards (WHQS) on making targeted recruitment and training a condition of contract when they appoint companies to carry out work on their behalf.
And conversely, now is the time for job seekers to make themselves more marketable by getting more training and using contract assignments as a way to get the on-the-job experience that employers like to see on resumes.
The charity Barnardo's welcomed the figures but called on the government to widen the scope of Youth Contracttraining to a broader group of young people.