http://www.lgcareers.com Careers in Local Government Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:41:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.lgcareers.com/featured/local-government-challenge-2/ http://www.lgcareers.com/featured/local-government-challenge-2/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:41:14 +0000 Liz http://www.lgcareers.com/?p=2840

The LGA Group, in partnership with the Local Government Channel, is looking for the next generation of top executives! The local government challenge is an exciting new competition which seeks out talented individuals and tests their ingenuity, creativity, ability to lead and potential to become top local government executives. Watch the second challenge now on the [...] Related entries:

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Broadland District Council Chief Executive Colin Bland went “back to the shop floor” on Thursday 4 February to highlight his council’s support for Apprenticeship Week 2010. He joined Stacey Edwards at Juby’s Farm, a local livery yard, to experience some of the work involved in her Equine Apprenticeship. Shadowing Stacey not only meant learning about her work [...] Related entries:

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Social work is a rewarding career that really makes a difference. If you’re looking for a career change and have the skills and determination to contribute to changing the future, the Step Up to Social Work programme could be for you. Step Up to social work Step Up to social work is an employment-based training programme that awards [...] Related entries:

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Local government may have a reputation of red tape, men in grey suits and a life of being stuck behind a desk but I’ve found it to be a stimulating, varied and, whisper it quietly, exciting environment. I have also met many friendly and inspirational characters who will go out of their way to help [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.lgcareers.com/news/blog/gradblog-3months/feed/ 0 http://www.lgcareers.com/featured/lgchallenge/ http://www.lgcareers.com/featured/lgchallenge/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:07:12 +0000 Liz http://www.lgcareers.com/?p=2811

The LGA Group, in partnership with the Local Government Channel, is looking for the next generation of top executives! The local government challenge is an exciting new competition which seeks out talented individuals and tests their ingenuity, creativity, ability to lead and potential to become top local government executives. The challenges have started – watch the [...] Related entries:

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Real-life social workers have been the inspiration for a thought-provoking recruitment campaign which scooped a top advertising award. More than 45,000 people have registered their interest in becoming a social worker, since the launch of the Children’s Workforce Development Council’s Be the Difference recruitment campaign launched in September 2009. The Be the Difference campaign won the copywriting prize [...] Related entries:

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The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has given his support to Apprenticeship Week. He believes they are great way for young people to learn a new skill and to show employers what they can do. The number of people starting Apprenticeships has risen from fewer than 70,000 in 1997, to nearly a quarter of a million now. [...] Related entries:

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Apprenticeship Week 1-5 February 2010 Apprenticeship Week, organised by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS), celebrates the talents and skills of apprentices. It sees apprentices, employers, providers and all those involved with Apprenticeship programmes come together to celebrate the value of Apprenticeships. During the week, there’s a range of national and regional activities, including employer [...] Related entries:

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Cassie is a Cultural and Heritage Venue Operations Apprentice at Brighton and Hove City Council. Find out why she likes working as an Apprentice for the council. Video transcript The thing that I’m enjoying most about the Apprenticeship is having the opportunity to try out so many different things and meet lots of new and different people, and [...] Related entries:

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Zak is a Cultural and Heritage Venue Operations Apprentice at Brighton and Hove City Council. Find out why he likes working as an Apprentice for the council. Video transcript I love how it’s really varied and you’re not stuck in one place all the time. I get to meet loads of new people and try new things [...] Related entries:

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