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Why we need to be ambitious on skills

Posted by: Frances O'Grady, Posted on: 31 January 2014 - Categories: Investment, Skills and training
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Looking back over the last five years, it’s good to see that employers have learnt an important lesson from the previous recession – and that’s the value of their staff. Back in the early 1990s, a relatively shallow recession led …

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Why being young and unemployed is a Game of Thrones

Posted by: Amy Burnett, Posted on: 23 January 2014 - Categories: Career development, Skills and training, Youth employment
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Winter is here. The time when opportunities for young people were rich as summerwine is over, and many are struggling to get a solid grip on the first rung of the job ladder. Granted, it’s not an evil incestuous duo …

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Thanks for the break

Posted by: Reema Mehta, Posted on: 20 January 2014 - Categories: Career development
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Everyone remembers their first break. Whether it was a Saturday job doing the paper round, a week or two of work experience at your friend’s dad’s office or a part-time after-school shindig, everyone remembers their first break. It was a …

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Not just Disney and animé: Gemma Roberts's story

Posted by: Gemma Roberts, Posted on: 15 January 2014 - Categories: Career development, Investment stories, Skills and training, Youth employment
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Although as a child I watched just about every piece of animation that you could imagine, my interest in it creatively didn't really occur to me until much later. I was always artistic and very interested in drawing and the …

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