SDS Apprenticeship Evening
On the 8th of March, DYW Tay Cities attended an Apprenticeship Evening organisied by Skills Development Scotland. This event was organised to promote apprenticeships during Scottish Apprenticeship Week. Between 6pm-8pm, young people aged 16-24 were invited to come along to learn about apprenticeships and talk to local employers about apprenticeship vacancies. Over 100 young people was in attendance at this event The Apprentice Ambassadors attended to present about what the Apprentice Ambassador project involved, and a couple of the Apprentice Ambassadors spoke about their own apprenticeship journeys and why they have succeeded in their career through choosing an apprenticeship. In attendance was: Lucy Jobson - Business Management Graduate Apprentice (project manager), Zeinab Bakir - Business Management Graduate Apprentice, Neave Doig - Learning and Development Modern Apprentice and Klaudia Filipiak - Business Admin Foundation Apprentice. This showed that there is good news stories from each of the apprenticeship frameworks in the apprenticeship family. The young people was given the opportunity to engage with the employers at the event. They could ask them questions about careers or what an apprenticeship would be like with the company. The young people could hand the employer their CV and fill out application forms if they found the right vacancy for them. They also had the opportunity to talk to the Apprentice Ambassadors about the reality of being an apprentice and answer any questions they may have.