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Looking for a job – a job in itself?

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Tuesday 30 October 2012

Lindsay Plumpton

A new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has highlighted the huge task faced by young unemployed people looking for work and has reinforced the need for rigorous preparation and active job search, in order to be successful. The research was carried out across 3 UK cities, one with a weak supply of jobs, one with a better supply and one in-between. Researchers sent 2,000 job applications from fictional learners with at least 5 good GCSEs and relevant work experience to 667 real vacancies (sales assistants, cleaners, office administrators and kitchen hands).

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A new era of apprenticeships: what’s next?

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Thursday 11 October 2012

Lindsay Plumpton

As youth unemployment rates remain high, the need to equip young people with the skills to secure a job in today’s competitive labour market becomes increasingly important. One of the main routes for helping young people to gain these skills is via apprenticeships; allowing learners to gain real workplace experience and a solid skillset in a specialist area while at the same time achieving a nationally recognised qualification and a direct pathway into employment. There’s no doubt that apprenticeships are still high on the news agenda. But what’s next?

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What came out of Ed Miliband’s keynote address?

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Tuesday 02 October 2012

Lindsay Plumpton

This afternoon, Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband spoke at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester to galvanise the party in moving towards the 2015 General Election. The speech was anecdotal in style, looking at his own past as he delivered a speech which praised his teachers, drew on an example of an unemployed woman sending her CV to 137 employers, and set out a policy direction focusing on the Disraeli spirit of ‘one nation’.

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