Dundee Jobs Fair
The whole DYW Dundee & Angus team were out in force at Dundee’s annual Jobs Fair yesterday, Thursday 28th September. This was a great opportunity for local people to come and find out about the huge range of careers, jobs and training opportunities that are currently available in Dundee. Read more
The Vine Events Management and Function Suite
Administrative Modern Apprentice
The ideal candidate should have strong oral and written communication skills and be able to organise their work using tools, like MS Excel, MS Word and office equipment. Ultimately, a successful Admin Assistant should ensure the efficient and smooth day-to-day operation of our office. As a modern apprentice support and training would be provided in many aspects of the role. However a candidate must show potential of the requirements and be willing to learn.Read more
World Tourism Day 2017
On Monday this week, World Tourism Day, Melissa from the team had the great pleasure of meeting with Neil Christison from VisitScotland to discuss all things tourism. Also, keep a look out for the summer round up video from VisitScotland, to read the full interview please read on….Read more
European Day of Languages
Last week Melissa from the team had the great pleasure of meeting Lucie Maupetit, a teacher based at Tayview Primary school in Dundee. Melissa asked Lucie about speaking other languages and how important this has been for her personally and professionally. Please read on for the full interview…Read more
Team Spirit Event
On Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 September the DYW team along with Tom McConnachie, Dundee University School of Nursing and Health Sciences and a team of his student nurses descended on Webster’s High School in Kirriemuir to take part in a two day event, called Team Spirit. The event involved all Read more
Dundee Travel & Tourism Conference
An absolutely incredible event at Dundee & Angus College for all pupils studying Travel & Tourism in Dundee.
The day kicked of with talks illustrating the huge range of careers and opportunities available in the Travel & Tourism, both internationally and locally due to the huge changes happening at Dundee's Waterfront.Read more
Scottish Film and Television School
We have all sat through the incredibly long credits at the end of Marvel movies, just waiting for that extra minute and a half of footage. But have you ever stopped to think what all those titles and names actually mean? Those are all jobs that are vital to creating a film and they are careers waiting to happen for anyone willing to go for them.Read more
Apprentice Ambassador Programme
The DYW Dundee & Angus Team, working with partners, are looking to launch an Apprentice Ambassador Programme across Dundee and Angus in the coming months and need your help!
#NoWrongPath
On August 8th, exam results day in Scotland, the DYW team, board members, colleagues and partners joined in a national social media campaign called #nowrongpath to show young people that there is no wrong path to where you want to go in life.
#nowrongpath Tuesday 8 August 2017
Next week on 8 August the DYW team, partners, board members and friends will be taking part in the social media campaign #nowrongpath to highlight to all young people that there is no wrong path in getting to where you want to be.
The campaign has been devised by our DYW colleagues in Glasgow, and will use the hashtag #nowrongpath.
We want to promote the message that people in interesting jobs across Scotland may not have taken a straight, obvious or traditional path to get there. We’d like people from a variety of sectors and professions to share a snippet of their story – what they did when they left school and where they are now. We want young people to know that there are a variety of ways to get into a variety of jobs – that there is #nowrongpath.Read more