Changing your life script at work
Past experiences can block personal development and performance. Jackie Sykes explains how to get past this
Tag Diversity and inclusion
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More than 23,000 apprenticeships pledged by employers
The benefits of employing apprentices were revealed in a Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) report released earlier this week. It found 5 million consumers prefer to do business with apprentice employers, whilst the typical apprentice is estimated to…
Employers unveil new industry designed apprenticeships
The announcement comes alongside the news that existing Trailblazer groups have also today been given the green light to develop more apprenticeships including mortgage advisor and software developer
Apprenticeships no longer just ‘jobs for the boys’
the number of women starting apprenticeships in business, administration and law has almost trebled, with more than 370,000 women beginning apprenticeships in this sector between 2010 to 2011 and 2013 to 2014 compared to just 130,000 between 2005 to 2006…
PR industry among first to launch Master’s-level degree apprenticeships
The apprenticeship will be designed to ensure apprentices can become press officers, communications managers or account managers
Call for outstanding apprenticeship programmes
As National Apprenticeship Week draws to a close, organisations with outstanding apprenticeship programmes are encouraged to enter this year’s TJ Awards. NAW was established by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) to celebrate apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on individuals,…
Eight in ten organisations now employ at least one young person, says CIPD
The number of organisations who employ young people (aged 16-24) has risen to almost eight in ten (79 per cent), compared to less than three quarters (73 per cent) last year. New data from the CIPD, the professional body for…
UK employees demand more from digital technology, survey finds
The benefits digital brings to an organisation, and to the people working within it, were made clear by the employees surveyed
Santander announces record number of apprentices
The bank will be launching its new apprenticeship scheme in the second half of 2015 to support the new Trailblazers Apprenticeship framework introduced by the government. The new scheme will be available to a wider age range; helping younger people…
UK businesses could gain additional £18bn revenue from apprenticeships
Today’s research highlights a number of other financial benefits firms employing apprentices can enjoy, such as increased long-term productivity. A typical apprentice delivers productivity gains of more than £10,000 per annum, rising to almost double that in the construction and planning,…
