We chatted to our Graduate Recruiter, Loretta, about how video interviewing is used here at PPS. Have a look and see what she said!
Written and edited by Hannah Adkins, Marketing Executive at PPS Works.
Starring Loretta Snape, Account Co-ordinator at PPS Works.
Last quarter saw demand for apprenticeships soar as online applications were up 40 per cent.
According to National Apprentice Service (NAS) Almost 270,000 applications were made last quarter – and that surely packs a punch to prove that we are reverting back to the good old solid apprenticeship, with Business and Administration being the favoured role.
Here at PPS, we think that apprenticeships are an excellent resource, allowing young people to further their development in a working environment, as well as proving to be a great fresh and inspiring influence on stale work places.
Due to the influx in applications, NAS has created a new mobile phone application called ‘AV Search’, which allows users to comprehensively search for apprenticeships.
Will your business be utilising this resource? Comment and share.
Written by Hannah Adkins, Marketing Executive at PPS Works.
Thousands of the cheapest university places are not being filled following the introduction of varied fees. Courses costing less than £7,500 per year are not full to capacity due to student’s uncertainty of their value and whether their cut-price status means a ‘bargain bin’ education.
But the value of a degree is substantially more than its price – and come to think of it, more than the course content itself.
With the graduate market becoming ever more competitive, students are increasingly more aware of what their chosen university can offer them in terms of employability and value for money.
At our recent graduate employer event, #GradConnect, our guest speaker, AGR Project Lead for the HEAR (Higher Education Achievement Report) discussed how the HEAR combined with university careers services would act as a framework in order to allow students to actively increase their own employability and enable themselves to have those core skills that graduate employers look for.
In its current form, the HEAR will act as an enhancement to the degree classification and will give a broader view of a student’s journey which is then verified by the university.
Because of the information on the HEAR, it will hopefully blend the gaps between university life and work in an efficient and timely manner. Organisations can also tailor-make its training around an individual’s HEAR and the discrepancies/attributes that it highlights.
In relation to this, do you think that graduates have the skills that you want in your business? And if not, do you think that it would be helped by installing the HEAR?
If you would like to find out more information about the HEAR, please email me on the below details for a copy of #GradConnect’s briefing notes.
If you would like to attend the next #GradConnect, please email me and I will be in touch about the next event.
Written by Hannah Adkins, Marketing Executive at PPS Works
Email : hannah.adkins@ppsworks.com
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I wellz wnt a job innit – Young people in the job market
Giv uz a good job bruv?
According to a report from the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development), young people are using more and more “text-speak” in applications and have unrealistic expectations of the job market.
They also claimed that young people have a lack of understanding of basic common sense when it comes to interviews. That means turning up in inappropriate gear, turning up late, or not even turning up at all!
Full story: Daily Mail
Have you ever had a candidate who has not taken the application process seriously?
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