Macdonald Hotels has become the latest in a line of businesses in the hospitality sector to open a trainee scheme.
The hotel chain has announced that it will take on 400 young trainee trainees in 2016 and place them into full-time training programmes.
Unemployed 16-24 year-olds will be able to apply for the 16-week Future Talent scheme where they will gain first-hand experience of all aspects of the hospitality industry including food and beverage, conference, and front-of-house roles.
At the end of the placement, trainees will placed in vacancies and apprenticeships across the group.
Kellie Rixon, brand director at Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, said: “Where university doesn’t appeal to school leavers, or graduates are looking for a change of career, Macdonald Hotels & Resorts is offering young people a fully rounded, high quality, introduction to a career in the hospitality industry.