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Chief Executive mucks in!
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 |
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Tags: apprentice, apprenticeship, chief executive
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 [...]
Step up to social work
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 |
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Tags: career change, Social Work, training
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 [...]
Graduate blog – 3 months in…
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 |
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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 [...]
Social worker campaign wins award
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 |
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Tags: campaign, Social Work, social worker
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 [...]
PM supports Apprenticeship Week
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 |
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Tags: apprentice, apprenticeships, prime minister
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. [...]
Job search – UK gets busy
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 |
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According to an analysis of trends carried out over five years by jobs website myjobgroup.co.uk, Tuesday 12 January is officially the busiest day of the year for people searching for jobs!
Traditionally, the first Tuesday back after the new year is the busiest day for people seeking new jobs – usually as a result of fulfilling [...]
Graduate perceptions of local government
Monday, January 11th, 2010 |
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Tags: careers, Graduate, jobs, perceptions, reputation, stereotypes, views
Graduates Yorkshire is social enterprise that works with local government on talent and workforce development. The slideshow below reveals the outcome of some research into graduate perceptions of working in local government in the Yorkshire area.
Graduates In Yorkshire
View more presentations from Dominic Campbell.
Are these views shared by others around the country? We’d like to [...]
New survey: tough time for UK graduates
The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has recently launched the first ever report on the international graduate recruitment market.
The INGRADA (International Network of Graduate Recruitment and Development Associations) Global Graduate Survey is based on the aggregated results of surveys and market knowledge from six countries covering graduate starting salaries, offer acceptance rates, vacancy and application [...]
The day after tomorrow!
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 |
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Tags: Education, Graduate, Maintenance, Student
DirectGov has launched a new initiative for students. With exam results looming, the new government scheme, the ‘What’s next?’ programme, is the perfect tool to help students in the direction they want to go after education. This website is ideal for students who have left school or college or have even graduated from university.
The What’s [...]
Unlocking young people’s talent
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 |
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Tags: Young People
The Government has announced 15 projects for the Inspiring Communities initiative across the country that will share a £10 million pot of funding to unlock the talents of young people.
The Inspiring Communities initiative is about getting people in communities working together to boost the aspirations and achievements of their young people. Projects include:
Community gardening, [...]
Engaging for Success
Engaging for Success – enhancing performance through employee engagement, the report to Government from the Macleod Review, has been launched. The report was welcomed by Lord Young, Employment Relations Minister, and is endorsed by the Government.
The report is all about how employers communicate with their staff and involve them in decision making, making them [...]
Shine Week – recognising talent
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 |
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Tags: Children, Young People
Shine Week 6-10 July
Thousands of children and young people from across England are taking part in Shine Week (6-10 July) showcasing hundreds of different talents from street dance to bee keeping, and skills in science and technology to working in the community.
Here’s some of the events that have been taking place:
Monday
• Shine launches ‘Bring it [...]
New careers film library
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 |
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Have you seen our new film library?
It’s full of short films of people who work in local government talking about what they do every day. They work in a variety of departments, doing all sorts of different jobs.
View our films here.
Our thanks go to all those local council employees who took part in the [...]
What makes you leap out of bed in the morning?
We’ve been asking people in local government what motivates them to get up and go to work every day! Some say it’s the fact that they can make a difference to people’s lives, others say they really like the people they work with, and others say they like being able to be in control [...]
National Graduate Development Programme (ngdp) alumni conference 2009
Talent is not enough: developing a career in challenging times
Thursday 18 to Friday 19 June 2009
The Sage, Newcastle Gateshead, NE8 2JR
Are you wondering what your next steps on the local government career ladder should be?
Do you want to find out more about working within a changing political landscape and how this may effect the work [...]
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