http://www.lgcareers.com Find information about working in local government at LGcareers.com Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:34:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.lgcareers.com/news/north-dorset-apprentice/ http://www.lgcareers.com/news/north-dorset-apprentice/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:33:42 +0000 Liz http://www.lgcareers.com/?p=3596

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 [...] Related entries:

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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 [...] Related entries:

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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 [...] Related entries:

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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 [...] Related entries:

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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 [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.lgcareers.com/news/next-step/feed/ 0 http://www.lgcareers.com/news/21-day-jobs-challenge/ http://www.lgcareers.com/news/21-day-jobs-challenge/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:18:37 +0000 Liz http://www.lgcareers.com/?p=3432

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 [...] Related entries:

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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%) [...] Related entries:

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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 [...] Related entries:

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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 [...] Related entries:

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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 [...] Related entries:

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