Increased competition has hit graduate jobseekers' confidence to the extent that many are applying for 'any job', not just those in their preferred field.
The research by the National Apprenticeship Service and the British Chambers of Commerce has highlighted the benefit of employing apprentices during the recession, showing 72% of employers that...
Third-sector organisations were yesterday urged to take advantage of newly-available funding for apprenticeships.
Employers in the hospitality and travel and tourism sectors rate apprentices above new staff when it comes to performance and productivity, an industry survey from People 1st has revealed.
Employers including Morrisons, Tesco, B&Q and Crossrail have voiced their commitment to providing apprenticeship schemes in the future.
After being unemployed for more than years, the death of her husband prompted 33 year-old Jodie O'Neil (pictured) to look for a new challenge. Last April, she successfully completed a three-week work...
Today marks the beginning of National Apprenticeship week, which will run until Friday. Business leaders have given their backing to apprenticeship schemes, as organisations up and down the country...
UK organisations are wasting an estimated 9.5 billion on training each year, following research finding a quarter of all training fails to yield a significant performance improvement.
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Developing the leadership skills of middle managers and equipping them to manage change are among the top learning and development priorities for organisations in 2010.
After identifying the need to shift its training from external suppliers to an internal programme, Heinz set up Learning Bitez, covering skills from Outlook to can-making.
The head of the UK food and drink sector skills council has welcomed a call from a think tank to give more control to employers in the way skills and training are funded by the Government.
