ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the findings from a survey of young adults who were invited to look back on the experiences of employer engagement they received during their schooling. National administrations, in explicit guidance, encouraged engagement between employers and young people through such activities as short periods of work experience, provision of careers information, business mentoring and enterprise competitions. Work experience has long been assumed to be the most popular employer engagement activity experienced in the British educational setting. Half of surveyed recalled receiving careers advice directly from employers, through a careers fair, as part of their educational experiences. Young people educated in the private sector, were much more likely to have undertaken work experience at an older age and to have taken part in enterprise competitions. Like mentoring, the meaning of enterprise education has been subject to some contention. Studies of the impact of business mentoring have largely focused on evidence of impact upon pupil engagement in education and attainment.
