In-depth: Talent spotting

With the jobs market for young people in the doldrums, the insurance industry has huge numbers of applicants for trainee schemes, but it can be difficult to recognise the candidates with most potential. Andrew Pearce investigates how to coax out the raw talent

It is no secret that career opportunities for youngsters were significantly dented following the financial crisis.

Although so far this year the UK economy has shown signs of an entrenched recovery, a May report by the Trades Union Congress found that young people are still 10% less likely to be in work today than before the start of the recession in 2008.

Indeed, the study found that Britain faces a 395,000 job shortfall for young people.

Yet despite the dim figures, it would appear that