ICT Company advertising Apprenticeships for a September start...

Domino UK Ltd are launching an Apprenticeship Scheme with a September start. The 8 apprenticeships positions currently available are:

• 3 Engineering
• 2 Sales
• 2 Business Administration – rotations include Marketing, HR, Estates and Finance
• 1 IT

Each apprentice will rotate around several departments to get a well-rounded view of the business. For more information please see attached leaflet and visit our launch page by clicking here. The deadline for applications is Sunday 15^th May.

Self-Employment in ICT looks good

IT Contractors In High Demand

The number of IT specialists moving into self-employment has increased by 48% in five years, up

143,000 in 2009 to 211,000 in 2014, according to research by professional services consultancy

Procorre. According to Procorre, the number of contractors in IT is growing at one of the fastest rates

for any sector and is being driven by rapidly growing business investment in IT, which is underpinned

by several factors including:

• The explosion of the ‘app economy’, estimated to be worth £4bn to the UK economy this year

but expected by some to rise to £31bn by 2025.

• The growth of mobile commerce (transactions via mobile devices) means that businesses are

investing in their web presence and e-commerce system to make them compatible with mobile

devices.

• Businesses are investing in cloud computing for data storage and software to offer their

employees greater flexibility and boost the productivity of a business

New opportunities for those ready to act now!

Click on the link to be taken to information about a range of opportunities, including:

1. Accoutancy scholarships with Kaplan
2. Retail Development Programmes at Barclays Bank (including studying for a degree)
3. Management Consultancy Technology Services - training plus a degree!
4. National IT Partnerships (NITP) - Apprenticeship opportunities across the country

Interested?  Click here

Welcome back from the Careers Department.

Welcome to Long Road Sixth Form College, for the beginning of the 2011 academic year.  Over the year we will be posting a number of articles here on our BLOG, and hope you find them both interesting and inspiring.

If you would like us to feature anything in particular in this BLOG, do come and see us, or drop us an email with your suggestions.  We'll do our best to provide you with the help you need to progress successfully from the college into a suitable career.

With this in mind, it's never to early to start.  So, for those of you who are interested in Apprenticeships, or would like to find out more about what they are (they apply to one year and two year students), try some of the links below to watch some short films about Apprenticeships in a range of occupations.

Regards, Andy Goodwin, Careers Manager

• Introduction – www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1q6FTBfN7Y


• Sports turf - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lup_wLDv0o

• Business Admin - www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJ9fcSDBd8

• Electro technical - www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNG-zYQG9RQ

• IT - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SiJ1f4DnWQ

• Vehicle maintenance - www.youtube.com/watch?v=530fYaGNHL8

• Hairdressing - www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KthC3A5pB0

• Health and social care - www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPNWy58VOv8

• Customer services - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BXTo3RQxJQ

Summer computing science workshops at the University of East Anglia (Norwich)

Excellence East presents
Summer computing science workshops at the University of East Anglia (Norwich):

Programming Robots - Years 8 & 9
Wednesday 8 July, 10.00am - 4.00pm

Computer Games Programming - Years 10 & 11
Wednesday 15 July, 10.00 - 4.00pm

Closing date: Friday 12 June (we may be able to take applications after this date if places are still available)
£15.00 full fee (free and subsidised places are available to students who require financial assistance).

If you would like more information, please speak to Sue Sentance or Alan Stinchcombe