One hundred companies have signed up to Nick Clegg's social mobility strategy, pledging their firms will open up opportunities for work experience to try to bring an end to career advancement by 'who you know'.
Supermarkets, banks, law firms and energy providers have committed to advertise work experience places openly, reports the Guardian (12 January 2012). Barclays, HSBC, Santander, Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer and Morrisons have signed up and join already-enrolled companies such as Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Allen & Overy, BP, Shell and E.ON. Together the new firms employ more than two million people in Britain.
Source: http://www.agcas.org.uk/articles/491
Showing posts with label work experience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work experience. Show all posts
Friday, 13 January 2012
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Opportunities for Unemployed Graduates in West Cumbria
If you are still looking to connect with a job opportunity in Cumbria, here are details of two current opportunities that may be of interest to you:
Routes2Work offer a Graduate Employment Programme to unemployed graduates living in specific areas of Allerdale and Copeland Districts, West Cumbria. Introductions to employers and wage subsidies are available.
To find out more and for a no obligation chat please telephone Julie Wedgwood - Routes2Work Manager on 01900 873371.
Young Million courses are open to all unemployed 18 - 25 year olds. The three day course is scheduled to take place on 10th, 11th and 17th August at Energus, West Cumbria. It offers the opportunity to experience real workplace environments and develop the skills and self confidence that employers are looking for.
To apply, visit the Young Million website at youngmillion.commonpurpose.org.uk and download the application form for your nearest location.
Routes2Work offer a Graduate Employment Programme to unemployed graduates living in specific areas of Allerdale and Copeland Districts, West Cumbria. Introductions to employers and wage subsidies are available.
To find out more and for a no obligation chat please telephone Julie Wedgwood - Routes2Work Manager on 01900 873371.
Young Million courses are open to all unemployed 18 - 25 year olds. The three day course is scheduled to take place on 10th, 11th and 17th August at Energus, West Cumbria. It offers the opportunity to experience real workplace environments and develop the skills and self confidence that employers are looking for.
To apply, visit the Young Million website at youngmillion.commonpurpose.org.uk and download the application form for your nearest location.
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Closure of the Student Associates Scheme
The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) has decided to close the Student Associates Scheme (SAS), which was used by PGCE applicants looking for work experience in schools, with effect from 31 July 2011.
TDA will launch a new, single School Experience Programme (SEP) from September 2011. The new programme will be available not just to students, but also to other people who are considering entering, or in some cases, re-entering teaching.
Source: Sue Spence, Chair AGCAS Teaching and Related Professions Task Group
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Campaign for Work Experience
A recent report from High Fliers Research stated that students who offer no previous work experience are unlikely or very unlikely to be offered a place on a graduate scheme or a training contract.
This campaign is aimed to highlight the importance of gaining as much work experience as you can before you leave university.
For more details, see the AllAboutCareers.com website.
For more help on finding work experience, try the following:
www.delicious.com/skillzone/work_experience
http://cumbria.prospects.ac.uk
graduatetalentpool.direct.gov.uk
This campaign is aimed to highlight the importance of gaining as much work experience as you can before you leave university.
For more details, see the AllAboutCareers.com website.
For more help on finding work experience, try the following:
www.delicious.com/skillzone/work_experience
http://cumbria.prospects.ac.uk
graduatetalentpool.direct.gov.uk
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Graduate Recruitment Trends
Some good news from a recent survey:
- The UK¹s leading employers are expecting to increase their graduate recruitment by 9.4% in 2011 and three-fifths of employers expect to recruit more graduates in 2011 whilst a quarter plan to maintain their intake at 2010 levels.
- The leading accountancy & professional services firms are intending to hire almost 10% more graduates than in 2010, an increase of more than 350 trainees year-on-year. There will also be substantial increases to the graduate intake at the City¹s top investment banks (up 12.2% compared to 2010) and the high street banks (up 24.8%).
- The largest recruiters of graduates in 2011 will be PricewaterhouseCoopers (1,200 vacancies), Deloitte (1,000 vacancies), KPMG (900 vacancies), the Teach First scheme (780 vacancies) and Ernst & Young (740 vacancies).
- A quarter of top graduate programmes will pay new recruits a starting salary of more than £30,000 when they begin work and seven organisations are offering at least £40,000 to this year¹s graduates. Public sector employers (average of £22,200), retailers (average of £24,000) and engineering & industrial companies (average of £24,500) have the lowest graduate pay rates for 2011.
- Three-fifths of employers are providing industrial placements for undergraduates (typically for 6-12 months) or vacation work lasting more than three weeks. However, nearly two-thirds of recruiters caution that graduates who have had no previous work experience at all are unlikely to be successful during the selection process and have little or no chance of receiving a job offer for their organisation's graduate programmes.
Source: Highflyers
- The UK¹s leading employers are expecting to increase their graduate recruitment by 9.4% in 2011 and three-fifths of employers expect to recruit more graduates in 2011 whilst a quarter plan to maintain their intake at 2010 levels.
- The leading accountancy & professional services firms are intending to hire almost 10% more graduates than in 2010, an increase of more than 350 trainees year-on-year. There will also be substantial increases to the graduate intake at the City¹s top investment banks (up 12.2% compared to 2010) and the high street banks (up 24.8%).
- The largest recruiters of graduates in 2011 will be PricewaterhouseCoopers (1,200 vacancies), Deloitte (1,000 vacancies), KPMG (900 vacancies), the Teach First scheme (780 vacancies) and Ernst & Young (740 vacancies).
- A quarter of top graduate programmes will pay new recruits a starting salary of more than £30,000 when they begin work and seven organisations are offering at least £40,000 to this year¹s graduates. Public sector employers (average of £22,200), retailers (average of £24,000) and engineering & industrial companies (average of £24,500) have the lowest graduate pay rates for 2011.
- Three-fifths of employers are providing industrial placements for undergraduates (typically for 6-12 months) or vacation work lasting more than three weeks. However, nearly two-thirds of recruiters caution that graduates who have had no previous work experience at all are unlikely to be successful during the selection process and have little or no chance of receiving a job offer for their organisation's graduate programmes.
Source: Highflyers
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