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Bradford workers 'suffer from poor careers advice'

Many workers in Bradford are suffering because they did not receive the correct careers advice earlier in life, it has been claimed.

According to a survey conducted for City and Guilds, 18 per cent of respondents are now using the internet to get more information about jobs, the Bradford Telegraph and Argus reports.

One in five have also needed to retrain or re-skill as a result of receiving poor advice.

Judith Norrington, director of policy at City & Guilds, said: "A legacy of stop-start and inadequate careers advice has left one in five of us needing to retrain or re-skill as they have made an inadequately informed choice."

Only 22 per cent of people are in jobs recommended to them by an adviser.

There has been a 40 per cent increase in the number of people making enquiries about jobs on England's Training and Development Agency for Schools' website, the organisation has claimed.