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Apprenticeship success in North Dorset
Thursday, April 7th, 2011 |
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A young refuse collector in North Dorset has benefitted from an innovative apprenticeship which has helped him secure full time employment. In March 2009 Danny Watts was a student at Yeovil College undertaking a life skills course. As part of the curriculum he was required to gain work experience and he requested a volunteer placement [...]
Local Government Challenge update
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 |
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The second Local Government Challenge of this year took place in Birmingham on 17 and 18 February. It was a great couple of days and the challenge really tested the contestants to the full! Many thanks to Birmingham City Council and The Chamberlain Forum who hosted the challenge. The teams were asked to work with [...]
Most popular graduate employers revealed
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 |
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Tags: Graduate, graduate employers, local government graduates, national graduate development programme, ngdp, survey
The Guardian and Target Jobs have recently published their UK300 – the list of the 300 most popular graduate employers as voted for by students and graduates. Students are asked which career sectors interest them the most and which organisations within those sectors they most want to work for. The survey ranks the 300 best [...]
European Local Democracy Week
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 |
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Tags: Council, democracy, european local democracy week, ldw, ldw2010, local democracy week, participation, voting
11-17 October 2010, is European Local Democracy Week. This week local councils all over Europe will be celebrating local democracy and encouraging participation in the democractic process. European Local Democracy Week is an annual event organised by participating local authorities in Council of Europe member states and aims to foster the knowledge of local democracy [...]
Next step – free careers advice
Friday, October 8th, 2010 |
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Tags: application, careers advice, CV
Next Step is a free adult careers service for everyone aged 19 and over in England, whatever your skills, qualifications or employment status. At the new Next Step website, you can find integrated advice and help on building your CV, gaining new skills and progressing in your career. The site covers career planning, finding a [...]
21 day jobs challenge
Thursday, August 19th, 2010 |
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Tags: CV, jobs, student room, top tips, Young People
With GCSEs and A-Level results approaching, a new jobs challenge is launching to help young people compete in the jobs market. Last summer, college and university leavers swelled the numbers on Jobseekers Allowance, as over 560,000 18-24 year olds signed on. This year the jobs market remains competitive but young jobseekers can get ahead of [...]
Listen up! 11-25 year olds have their say
Thursday, August 12th, 2010 |
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Tags: career choices, employment, listen up, politics, report, survey, Young People
Youth Charity, the Jack Petchey Foundation, has recently published Listen Up! The Listen Up survey report brings together the views of over 6000 11-25 year olds, gathered through focus groups in schools and youth projects across the country. Some report highlights are: The issues most important to young people were revealed as: reducing crime (29%) [...]
Local government challenge winner announced
Friday, July 9th, 2010 |
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MERTON COUNCIL WORKER CROWNED WINNER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHALLENGE Rachel Allen, Business Improvement Officer at the London Borough of Merton was last night crowned the first ever winner of the national Local Government Challenge, by journalist and presenter, Jeremy Vine. The LG challenge sponsored by Liberata, began back in January with ten council employees taking [...]
Heritage traineeship vacancies
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 |
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Tags: development control, environment, environmental conservation, heritage, HET scheme, placement, Planning, regeneration, traineeship
HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT TRAINEESHIP SCHEME (2010) TWO YEAR WORK PLACEMENT The English Heritage Historic Environment Traineeship (HET) Scheme is a highly sought after initiative which offers up to ten two-year professional work placements within the planning and development teams. Trainee Historic Environment Managers will be based in regional offices across the country and will gain work [...]
Focus on graduate jobs
The recent Focus on graduate jobs survey conducted by YouGov for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that, of the 700 graduates in employment asked, nearly 60 per cent were not currently working in an occupation related to their degree. Survey highlights: 58 per cent of respondents said they were unable to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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