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Helping 410,000 young Latin Americans enter the world of work

young people at work

One in eight people under 25 in Peru, Chile, Colombia and Mexico does not have a job. It is a challenge that governments and business must address together.

Nestlé will create around 2,800 jobs and 2,300 apprenticeships and traineeships under its Nestlé Needs YOUth initiative in the four Pacific Alliance nations by the end of 2018.

We will also provide readiness-for-work training for more than 407,000 young people over the same period.

Today the company supported the first Pacific Alliance Youth Summit in Lima, Peru, to promote youth employment.

"At Nestlé, we need all kinds of skills. We have 335,000 employees and over 430 factories in 85 countries. We need brand managers, engineers, packers, researchers, digital experts." Nestlé’s Head of Zone Americas, Laurent Freixe said, "We firmly believe we can make a significant contribution towards addressing the social cost of youth unemployment."

At the summit Mr Freixe also discussed the demands of an increasingly digitised labour market and the implications for millennials. He spoke with young people before the event, to understand the challenges they face, and to present the opportunities.

Through its global Nestlé Needs YOUth initiative, Nestlé aims to attract young talent and tackle youth unemployment. The programme was launched across Europe in 2013, and extended globally in 2015.

Read more in the press release (pdf, 24 Kb)

Learn more on our Pacific Alliance Youth Summit events page.