Your Future Career
Your Future Career
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What makes a career in project management rewarding and dynamic?
Projects come in many different shapes and sizes, and all have an impact on the world around us. At a time when the world faces so many major challenges, becoming a project professional can be a great way to tackle some of these issues. Every project needs a project team to keep a close watch...
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Career guidance can enable workers to adapt to changing labour demands
The Covid-19 pandemic brought into sudden and sharp focus the impact that a world in constant change will continue to have on the way we live and work. Current challenges for England’s workforce and career trajectories include the reduction in the EU migrant workforce as a result of Brexit. Young people and adults in the...
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What universities can do to support students and help prepare them for future careers
Careers and placements teams within universities can play a pivotal role in creating forward-looking workplace opportunities for students. Finding the right placement during a degree course can be a critical step in helping shape career options for students once they leave university. An important element within that, however, is having the right support and guidance...
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Inspiring more girls and young people to start a career in construction
Sharing her love for construction and her daily jobs as a digger operator, Amy Underwood (AKA ‘The Digger Girl’) has reached and inspired many young people on social media. Underwood, mum of two, originally wanted to train as a mechanic. Now, the 28-year-old continues to enjoy working on roads, house sites and construction projects as...
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How to attract and retain Gen Z workers
Gen Z will be the workforce of the future, and they are demanding more from their employers. Young adults are making their voices heard. What older generations wanted from employers won’t cut it with Gen Z workers. We’ve seen alternatives to the traditional 9–5, in-office model are possible. With job vacancies still at a record...
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Support for young people struggling with education or work decisions
The findings of the 2022 Youth Voice Census, the largest annual survey of young people in the UK, reveal that young people are struggling to make ‘safe’ choices about their future. The survey found that only 14.2% of young people were ‘confident’ they could find quality work nearby. In 51% of young people aged 19+,...
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How to stay motivated and make informed career choices
Staying motivated enough to think about life after studying is easier said than done. It can be even harder to take the practical steps necessary to get where you want to be. Keeping motivated was cited in our Early Careers survey as the biggest challenge among students taking their next steps after school. This is...
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Apprenticeships grow as people find alternative ways to start a career in tech
With a growing number of young people worried about the financial impact Higher Education will have on them long-term, many are looking for alternative routes into careers that will allow them to ‘earn and learn.’ The Government’s Apprenticeship Levy is a tax on employers with a wage bill of over £3 million per year, allowing...
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How new skills talent is helping aerospace soar into the future
Aerospace manufacturing is recruiting the variety of skills it needs from a wide talent pool. There are various routes into the sector, from apprenticeships to graduate programmes. There’s never been a better time to join the aerospace industry, insists Jerome Blandin, SVP and Head of Airbus’ Broughton Plant, where nearly half of the world’s wings...