Submitted by Gary on 6 May, 2016 - 18:33
Knowing what soft skills are and then how to use them may seem obvious to you.
Submitted by Gary on 18 April, 2016 - 17:16
Knowing what business skills are and then how to use them may seem obvious to you, but are they obvious to your young employees who have only recently joined the world of work?
Submitted by Gary on 28 March, 2016 - 11:54
I'm so proud. They've graduated! Well done to them all!
My reflections on the achievements of young employees.
Recently our year-long GradStart - business and soft skills development programme for young employees finished.
Over the past year, I've seen a transformation in the young people who joined the journey and shared their experiences as relatively new and inexperienced employees.
Submitted by Gary on 4 February, 2016 - 17:18
Recently I had a meeting at a Further Education (FE) college about the impending shake-up for apprenticeships once the UK Government introduce the Apprenticeship Levy in 2017.
The meeting left me concerned about the prospects of employment for graduates from September 2016 onwards.
Submitted by Jeremy on 12 November, 2015 - 23:18
That there is an intergenerational communication gap shouldn’t come as surprise. Many people experience it directly.
And, 'twas ever thus:
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” [1]
Submitted by Gary on 19 March, 2015 - 08:42
In January 2015 the Backing Soft Skills campaign[1] was launched sponsored by McDonald’s and backed by companies including Tesco and Gelder Group, and supported by organisations such as CBI, FSB, CIPD, NIACE, learndirect and City & Guilds.
So what is the Backing Soft Skills campaign all about, and what does it mean for you and your business?
Submitted by Gary on 20 January, 2015 - 13:42
In mid-December the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) launched the Employer Ownership £10m training Fund (EoF) for Improving Engineering Skills in Smaller Companies (http://bit.ly/BISEngSkills). The purpose of this initiative is for any SME directly employing people in engineering occupations “…to put forward innovative proposals to develop engineering skills in sectors suffering acute skills shortages.”