What you need to know about apprenticeships with Andy Dowling video transcript

I see apprenticeships shaping the future workforce in two areas really.

So first, it's the early career side of things. Or future talent.

So lots of employers now are looking at that skills gap and bringing in young talent from the age of 16 onwards through T levels, lower level apprenticeships all the way through to degree apprenticeships.

So there's that early careers piece but also the upskill element as well. And that's vitally important now. So actually somebody who's been in role for a long period of time can benefit from actually going on an apprenticeship. The degree element is great.

Gaining a degree and gaining the professional body recognition as well. So typically if you're studying on an apprenticeship, you go through a thing called an endpoint assessment that are done by a professional institutes who want want to make sure you're making an impact back to that business as well.

In doing so, the benefits to an employer investing in apprenticeships are. So first thing is they're going to get somebody, up to sort of 4 or 5 years, specially on a, on a degree apprenticeship. So that individual is really going to get to know the business, make a lot of work connections there.

They're going to develop their own knowledge, skills and behaviours.

So that individual is going to be learning skills, applying them back to the benefit of the business. It's amazing.

Some of the apprentices that I've worked with over the years are on so many interesting projects that take them all over the world as well. Applying for an apprenticeship is quite straightforward.

First and foremost. Actually, it's a job role. So you are applying direct to an employer. An apprentice would normally look at applying for a vacancy in October November time. Most vacancies are in the autumn for the following September, so they would go on to that employer's website.

They would see the apprenticeship that's available and they would apply normally through their website. I would recommend going on to the UCAS website because actually UCAS now you can you can apply for degree apprenticeships via that mechanism. Attend schools and colleges careers evenings. Lots of employers now are putting on events as well.

There are lots of opportunities out there, but you do have to work very hard to get one.

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