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Ym mis Ebrill 2012, lansiodd Llywodraeth Cymru raglen Twf Swyddi Cymru gyda’r bwriad o greu 4,000 o gyfleoedd y flwyddyn dros y tair blynedd nesaf i bobl ifanc rhwng 16 a 24 oed gael swyddi. Nod y rhaglen yw mynd i’r afael â rhai o’r problemau sy’n wynebu pobl ifanc yn y farchnad lafur sydd ohoni, lle nad oes modd iddynt gael swyddi am nad oes ganddynt y profiad gwaith sydd mor bwysig i gyflogwyr. Nod Twf Swyddi Cymru yw creu cyfleoedd am swyddi ar draws bob sector a phob rhan o Gymru er mwyn sicrhau bod pobl ifanc ym mhob ardal yn cael cyfle i gymryd rhan yn y rhaglen.

Rwy’n falch o gyhoeddi bod y rhaglen, o’r wythnos hon ymlaen, wedi cyrraedd carreg filltir bwysig o ran yr hyn a gyflawnwyd yn ystod ei blwyddyn gyntaf, drwy greu ein 4,000fed cyfle am swydd.  

Dros y misoedd nesaf, hyd at fis Mawrth 2013, byddwn yn canolbwyntio ein hymdrechion ar sicrhau bod y cyfleoedd hyn am swyddi yn cael eu llenwi. Hyd yn hyn rydym wedi gweld ychydig dros 2,000 o bobl yn dod o hyd i waith drwy raglen Twf Swyddi Cymru; rwyf wedi ymweld â rhai ohonynt, ac mae eu brwdfrydedd a’u hymrwymiad i wneud y gorau o’r cyfle sydd wedi’i roi iddynt wedi creu argraff arnaf.  

Roeddwn hefyd yn hapus â’r ymateb gan fusnesau yng Nghymru o ran creu swyddi ychwanegol ar gyfer pobl ifanc, ac rwyf wedi fy nghalonogi o glywed bod safon y bobl ifanc y maent wedi’u cyflogi drwy’r rhaglen wedi creu argraff ar nifer o gyflogwyr, a’r effaith a gafodd hyn ar y ffordd y maent yn ystyried pobl ifanc yn y gweithle yn gyffredinol. Ni all hyn ond argoeli’n dda ar gyfer y dyfodol.  

Rhaid i mi bwysleisio, serch hynny, nad rhaglen ‘profiad gwaith’ yw Twf Swyddi Cymru; ein huchelgais glir iawn yw bod y cyfleoedd a gynigir drwy’r rhaglen i gael swyddi am gyfnod o 6 mis yn arwain at swyddi parhaol neu brentisiaethau i gynifer ag y bo modd o’r rheini sy’n cymryd rhan ynddi.

Byddwn yn parhau i ganolbwyntio ar ddod â phobl ifanc i mewn i’r rhaglen drwy eu hannog i wneud cais am swyddi drwy’r cynllun, ac mae’n rhaid i ni hefyd gydweithio â chyflogwyr i wneud yn siŵr bod modd iddynt gynnal y swyddi sydd wedi’u creu, unwaith y bydd y cymorth a roddwn wedi dod i ben.    


  






Translation:


 
In April 2012 the Welsh Government launched the Jobs Growth Wales programme with a view to creating 4,000 job opportunities per year over the next three years for young people aged between 16 and 24\. The programme is aimed at tackling some of the issues young people face in the current labour market, where they are denied access to jobs because they lack the work experience so valued by employers. Jobs Growth Wales has been designed to create job opportunities across all sectors and across all parts of Wales to ensure young people from every area have an opportunity to participate.


I am pleased to be able to announce that as of this week the programme has reached a significant milestone in this first year of delivery with the creation of our 4,000th job opportunity.


Over the remaining months to March 2013 we will concentrate our efforts on ensuring that these job opportunities are filled. To date we have seen just over 2,000 young people find employment through Jobs Growth Wales; I have visited some of them and have been impressed by their enthusiasm and commitment to make the most of the opportunity they have been given.


I have also been pleased with the response from businesses in Wales to create the additional jobs for young people, and I am encouraged to hear that many employers have been impressed by the calibre of the young people they have employed through the programme and also the effect this has had on their perception of young people in the work place in general. This can only bode well for the future.


I must stress however that Jobs Growth Wales is not a ‘work experience’ programme; we have a very clear ambition that the 6 month job opportunities created through the programme will translate into permanent positions or apprenticeship places for as many of the participants as possible.


We will continue to focus on bringing young people into the programme by encouraging them to apply for jobs through the scheme, and we must also work with employers to ensure that they are able to sustain the jobs that have been created once our support has ceased.