Financial services recruitment ''should target young people''

School leavers should be a focus of those providing banking jobs in London, according to a UK organisation.

The National Skills Academy for Financial Services (NSAFS) has called on employers to focus on those departing full-time education having completed A-Levels or comparable courses.

According to the organisation, funding is available for younger apprenticeships in the sector and the charity is urging businesses to contact it if they want to learn more about tapping into young talent, with £8.5 billion available in funding for 16 to 19-year-olds under the Investing in Young People programme during 2010-11.

Chief executive of the NSAFS Sylvia Perrins commented that those business in a position to hire "would be advantaged by understanding the funding options open to them for young people as this knowledge could pay dividends, whether they are a large or small business".

Those seeking banking operations jobs may also be interested to learn eFinancialcareers.co.uk recently reported that around 50 positions are available at Morgan Stanley as part of a recruitment programme for sales and trading roles.