Scholarships and work experience opportunities in the financial services sector

Leading financial services firm EY has some great opportunities this month:

EY Scholarship (year 13). If your students are looking to combine undergraduate study with fantastic work experience then we have an incredible opportunity for you to share with them! The EY Scholarship offers students the chance to receive three paid work placements, a £1k bursary for every year they are at university and the opportunity to develop valuable skills.

EY Insight (years 11-13). EY are hosting a series of insight events at their offices across the UK, where students can learn the ins and outs of working in the financial industry. They will meet staff at the firm, hear about their experiences and receive advice on how to submit a successful job application.

Women in Professional Services (years 12 & 13). This is one of EY’s unique events where students are able to network with leading female professionals at the firm, learn about their journeys and receive useful advice on how to build your future career.



For more details about EY, visit our website or read their message below for further details.



If you have any questions about any of these opportunities, please email info@purepotential.org or call 020 7122 1220 and ask for Dan Fielding.

The value of Work Experience

The average person stays in each permanent job he/she gets for four years.  If we include the temporary and part time jobs that a person might take during a time of recession (of the type we have been experiencing), then the average person will stay in each job for an average of two years*.

This is a staggering turn around in the job market when compared with the past, and is due to three factors:

1. The ease with which employers can remove employees in the first year of employment.
2. The years of recession which has caused many employers to take on staff on short-term and zero hours contracts.
3. A growth in the, “I don’t have to put up with this”. attitude from some young people who expect work to be, well, more like a social event than work, and who sometimes also lack the ability to handle the basic courtesies that employers who have been in the job for 30 years will demand and expect. 

Whether our society will now return to the previous norm of four years per job is hard to say.  But even if we do, there is still the fact that the average employee will change jobs 12 or more times during a career.

So, getting used to the experience of moving into a new work environment is no bad thing – and the sooner young people have that experience the better.



To help you with that experience, the Careers Department is here to support you with ideas of pursuing Work Experience.  Come down and talk to us, and see if we can help you find something worthwhile, and something that will help you on the right path for a successful future.


* Statistics taken from an extract of materials produced by www.firstandbest.co.uk

Social Care and Children's Services - information resources

Work in social care and early years services

Employers need to encourage over 90,000 new workers into social care and children’s services each year

for the foreseeable future. Yet many people have a negative perception of what it’s like to work in care or

are unaware of the range of careers available.  Two new resources are available to help explore work in care with students.

A Question of Care: a Career for You

Ambassadors for careers in care

Prince's Trust and HSBC Research findings

UK businesses must tackle skills crisis

· 73 per cent of British businesses believe a skills crisis will hit the UK within the next three years.

· 32 per cent of organisations report skills shortages at entry level and more than half are currently

facing difficulties filling vacancies (53 per cent).

· 72 per cent believe that the recruitment of young people into the workforce is vital to avert a skills

crisis.

New research from The Prince's Trust and HSBC indicates that business leaders are facing skills gaps,

threatening to hamper economic growth.

UK employers say they are struggling to recruit, yet hundreds of thousands of unemployed young people are

desperate for work. We need to work together to up-skill the workforce of the future.

Apprenticeships - where to find them?

Useful sites for finding Job/Apprenticeship information and opportunities include:

• www.youthoria.org  (local Youth Support Service + link to National Apprenticeship Service)
• www.careersbox.co.uk    (collection of short films and careers information)
• www.camre.ac.uk            (Cambridge Regional College and their Apprenticeship search)
• www.eclips-online.co.uk    (login with password: CB2 8PX)
• http://jobs.cuh.org.uk/select_sector   (hospital vacancies)
• http://publicsectorjobseast.co.uk/      (Local Authority job search)
• http://cambridge.jobsnow.co.uk/       (Cambridge Evening News job search)

Careers Department

Traineeships available...

We work with over 10,000 employers across the country who are always looking for enthusiastic young staff. Through our traineeship programme we prepare young people for the world of work, giving you a wide range of employability skills you will need to be successful in the workplace.

Work preparation training ensuring you are ready and have the confidence to take the first step in your career English and Maths support if needed to help give you valuable literacy and numeracy skills A meaningful work experience placement to give you valuable insight and hands-on experience of the workplace

If you think a traineeship may be for you, why not have a chat with one of our friendly and knowledgeable advisers to find out more. Call or email the following for more information: 0800 542 3110                 www.workreadypeople.co.uk

Advice available

Please be aware that Andy Goodwin, Careers Manager, is now back in college and able to give advice to any students who are confused or struggling following the publication of the exam results.