Can you help give 300 Notts kids a job? Huge apprenticeship drive launches
THE Post today launches a campaign to create 300 apprenticeships for young people in Notts.
With 8,695 youngsters unemployed in the county, the Post has joined Nottingham City Council and others to find the places in just 100 days.
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Craig Litchfield
If we succeed, the number of young people out of work in Notts will be cut by more than three per cent – and the prospects of the lucky 300 will be massively improved.
But we can't do it on our own. We want companies of all shapes and sizes to pledge to create the apprenticeships.
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Councillor Nick McDonald said: "We want Nottingham to become known for apprenticeships and to be a leading city for them."
While increasing the number of apprenticeships will make a big difference to the young people – who can apply from the age of 16 – the new apprentices will also be of great value to the firms that take them on.
George Cowcher, chief executive of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce, said: "Apprenticeships are an essential part of creating the workforce our economy demands.
"Having good calibre, highly-skilled young employees is the key to giving the business sector in Notts a sustainable future, so it is important for businesses to sign up to the 300-in-100 campaign and pledge to create an apprenticeship placement."
The campaign, launched at New College Nottingham, is supported by Notts City and County Employment and Skills Board and the National Apprenticeship Service, as well as the city council and Chamber of Commerce.
In the last two years the campaign has identified 162 and 230 new apprenticeships respectively.
The launch of this year's apprenticeship challenge coincides with National Apprenticeship Week, with Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday pledging to make apprenticeships the "new norm" for school leavers who decide against going to university.
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by MumBloggedin
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 4:48PM
“wortho48 heres a few to get you going, Wish him luck from me :-)
It wont let me list the website but just pop any of these into google and they'll come up, all currently have Apprenticeships ready to be applied for! The National Apprentice Website has all of them listed, tell him to give them a call they are so helpful.
Nottingham City Apprentice Hub
National Apprentice Service
New college Nottingham
Central College Nottingham
Visions Apprentices
Positive Outcomes
Stephenson College
City College
E-skills
Boots
Experian
Chesterfield College
Intraining
Access Training
Care Training”
by MumBloggedin
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 4:44PM
“wortho48 heres a few to get you going, Wish him luck from me:-)
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by MumBloggedin
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 4:42PM
“wortho48 heres a few to get you going, Wish him luck from me:-)
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by MumBloggedin
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 4:35PM
“Here ya go wortho48
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by sicofit
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 3:56PM
“wortho48 just Google Apprenticeship jobs in Nottinghamshire. This brings up a number of Apprenticeships for Boots Network Rail and other companies plus government jobs. Note the difference in pay.”
by jess_phillips
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 3:30PM
“I am apprentice myself and I am working for a local company training in a career that I want - PR, web, writing, blogging etc etc and I have never been happier. I did loads of work experience just to bulk up my CV to try and get an apprenticship because I wasn't enjoying college and I didn't think university was for me at the time.
People need to realise that traditional education is not everyones cup of tea and need to applaud young people who actually want to work and put in the effort instead of sitting on their backsides all day!”
by wortho48
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 3:30PM
“Mum Bloggedin .
Please enlighten me as to where these apprenticeships are on offer because I have not come across them whilst helping my Eighteen year old grandson find work or an apprenticeship after coming to live back in Nottingham with his dad from RAF Marham . Bless my grandson he took a cleaning job for three weeks but as now been laid off do to the company relocating . He's not a proud boy he will do anything so come on Mum Bloggedin let us in on the secret where these apprenticeships are .”
by Tony_Bartello
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 2:30PM
“Nick2812 - You are being totally negative.
People in employment does assist the ecomomy whatever industry people work in.
And I think you are over complicating a very simple issue. This is just a scheme to get some young people into the world of work. I used to work in a shop, and many people do work in shops, shops and the service industry are essential to the economy, so why not do something to help people up onto the first rung? Thank the lord that you are not a "captain of industry"”
by wortho48
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 2:15PM
“I am a firm believer in apprenticeships but being an apprentice for five to seven years and coming up through the tools or starting off at the bottom and being trained up to the top until the apprentice becomes qualified . I am very sorry but how can someone become qualified in a trade that takes today only one to two years when it took my husband seven years and I am so proud to say that he was the best in his field and at 72 years of age he still gets calls to ask if he's free to do a job .”
by Nick2812
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 2:08PM
“Tony - I'm not being snobby, just realistic. We can't base a prosperous local and national economy on these kinds of businesses and it's disingenuous to offer hope to youngsters with a such a patently false prospectus.”