Written by Tariq Sadiq, Careers Development Professional As part of our new quarterly careers newsletter, which you can sign up for here, we’ll be posting pieces from our careers guidance team. As it’s the first issue, we’re starting with the foundational stuff: theories of careers guidance. You’ll often come across young potential recruits with lots […]
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Written by Cinzia Brusini, Head of Careers at Form the Future Employers pay attention! January is the time of year that you want to start advertising apprenticeship roles for school-leaver, start planning an effective approach now using our tips. In this month’s newsletter we share some of the best and most helpful ways to advertise an
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Our weekly dose of Career Insights is here! This week James Wilcox, General Manager of Huntingdon and Nottingham Racecourses describes the unique experience that working in the industry gives him, managing the success of the racecourses, contributing to events and races seen by millions of people – and how work experience was key to getting
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The next video in our Career Insights series with Cambridge Ahead is here! This week we hear from Josie Beal, Associate Solicitor at Birketts Solicitors, on her career journey – from ambitions of working in law at school, how work experience was instrumental in helping her figure out what she wanted to do, and the
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Form the Future is excited to partner with Cambridge Ahead on a new series of career videos. Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing a video from young professionals working across the Cambridge region each week, exploring their career journey and the opportunities available in our area. This week, we’ll hear from Ben Ellis, Engines and Airframes
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Form the Future is proud to support Cambridge 2030’s Careers Drive campaign – calling on the Cambridgeshire business community to unite in supporting young people by pledging in-person work experience placements when workplaces and offices are fully open again. By July 2021, the global pandemic will have deprived thousands of young people, currently in Year
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Today marks the start of our new programme with the Greater Cambridge Partnership – building on the success of the last four years. Our CEO, Anne Bailey, explains what the next stage of the programme will look like. The pandemic has disrupted so many aspects of our lives, not least the way we work. Some
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We’re excited to announce the launch of our free online short course, designed to help people get ready for work. At a time when many face job uncertainty, Form the Future’s Ready for Work course aims to support those looking to improve their work readiness skills and find the job that’s right for them. The
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We recently hosted our Annual Conference – and for the first time the event was hosted virtually, marking a move to digital that the organisation has been building on throughout the year. In a year that has seen young people disproportionately affected by Covid-19, the economic legacy of Covid-19 is likely to result in more
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For students moving from college or sixth form into the next stage of their lives, the decision on whether or not to go university is often a difficult one. What course would I excel on? Where in the country, or in the world, would I like to study? Is university the right decision for my
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