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A key constituent often overlooked in the jigsaw of transition is employers: what do they need to effectively support, manage and develop their young workers' transition from school? Generational diversity and the social divide can affect successful placement and employer-young employee relations. With the focus on helping young people become 'work-ready', we believe it is equally important that employers become 'youth-ready'. Research on youth employment from an employer's perspective has focussed on what employers want young people to have, with the subsequent Employability Skills Framework developed to identify personal attributes, skills and abilities that contribute to the overall employability of a young person. The Employing Young Workers project sets out to discover the other side: what are the possibilities for developing a framework that identifies the skills, abilities and workplace practices that contribute to employers effectively inducting, managing and retaining young workers; to be an employer of choice of young people. Three main areas of learning were highlighted in our investigation: generational differences and the impact they have in the workplace; induction methods; [and] management skills. Our findings indicated that employers and their young workers want and need skills and knowledge about each other to develop effective and rewarding working relationships.