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Foundation & Friends podcast: Championing Investment into Early Talent

by Natasha Kalinga | 23 Apr 2024 | Awards alumni, Awareness Raising, Foundation Collective, News, Podcasts, Princess Royal Training Awards, Youth engagement

A successful early talent strategy and strong learning culture can help organisations to attract, engage and retain early career employees, leading to a more productive workforce and a thriving future for your organisation. To explore this topic, host Manuel Thompson-Ọ́lọ́kọ̀, Early Talent and Apprenticeships Partner at City & Guilds, is joined by Lesley Bamber, Early Careers UK & I Lead at award-winning firm WTW, who shares his proven strategies for developing young talent and...

Foundation & Friends podcast: Inspiring Inclusion with Sparta Global

by Natasha Kalinga | 6 Mar 2024 | Awards alumni, Awareness Raising, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Foundation Collective, News, Podcasts, Princess Royal Training Awards

Here at City & Guilds, our purpose is helping people, organisations and economies develop their skills for growth. Through our Foundation, we act as a catalyst for this work, by helping remove barriers to getting a job, celebrating best practice on the job and advocating for jobs of the future. Through this monthly podcast, we hope to bring together people from across our diverse foundation networks. The ambition is that this podcast will serve as an educational platform, a source of...

IBM Bootcamps: Free Training for the Next Generation of Tech Talent

by Stuart Tucker | 5 May 2023 | Digital poverty, Foundation Collective, News, Resources

IBM is offering a series of free bootcamps to help people develop the skills they need for in-demand tech jobs. The bootcamps are open to anyone, regardless of experience or background. What are the bootcamps about? The bootcamps cover a variety of topics, including: Data analytics IT tech support Front-end web development Each bootcamp is 10 weeks long and includes both online and in-person instruction. Learners will also have access to a community of mentors and coaches who can help them...