For students now coming towards the end of their studies or currently in university struggling, becoming an apprentice couldn’t be a more perfect option for kickstarting your working career. How so you may ask?
Apprenticeships are becoming more favoured than ever in the world of work in recent years. Many more students and even adults of 25+ are taking on apprenticeships as a result of not recieving sufficient education at university or wanting to push themselves on further in their career in order to gain a stronger skillset.
So what are the benefits of being an apprentice?
- You are paid an annual salary
- Opportunity to gain Industry recognised Qualifications
- There is 0 debt to be paid off by the end of your programme unlike University Studies
- You gain key work experience which is a major factor for employers when looking for your next job
- Hands on training to learn the skillsets in work-based conditions
- You are able to settle into a working environment and make great networking connections
- Enjoy the same Student Discounts as University Students
- A wide variety of Sectors / Industries to choose from
+ many, many more benefits.
For Employers:
Apprenticeships can also be extremely beneficial to business success as well as individual success! This is for a number of reasons including the economy, training your workforce and creating team bonding.
These are some of the following benefits of employing apprentices for a company:
- A strategic way of training the workforce to have the key skillsets for success.
- helps to keep staff motivation high and Staff Retention
- A great way to create team bonding skills and increasing communication internal to the business
- You can make the most of government funding and have up to 95% of the apprenticeship paid for!
- Save on the costs of recruitment
- Secure the highest levels of talent for the future.
There is a plethora of reasons as to why you should choose an Apprenticeship. Whether you are looking for a way to kickstart your career as a potential apprentice, or an employer looking to upskill your workforce and secure the best employees for the future, Look no further than an Apprenticeship today.
To find where you can apply for an apprenticeship, follow this link to the Government Apprenticeship Portal.
To find the relevant information on how you can get started on employing an apprentice, follow the link to the Government Website on Employing an Apprentice.
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