The way forward for London's apprenticeships

Fuse jobs the way forward for London's apprenticeships

A call to make apprenticeships more 'demand led' was announced by Stephen Gardner of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) at the Apprenticeship summit 2008 in London yesterday.

Speaking on behalf of the chairman of the LSC, Chris Banks, Mr Gardner announced a £1 billion annual spend to increase the quantity and quality of apprenticeships in England.
"To make this work, we must make the whole process demand-led", Stephen challenged the audience of over 500 Apprenticeship providers from around the country.

Fuse Jobs (www.fusejobs.co.uk), London's entry-level jobsite is rising to this challenge. In partnership with Employer Training Solutions (provided by Westminster Kingsway College), Fuse Jobs are piloting a totally unique vacancy-led approach to Apprenticeships".  Powered by our advanced vacancy aggregation technology", said Matt Haikin, Director of Fuse Jobs
"By starting with currently advertised vacancies, our pilot guarantees the whole process is demand-led from the very beginning, and ensures the easiest possible sell to employers", explains Matt.

 "The pilot has been very promising so far, and we intend to launch pan-London later this year, working with all FE Colleges and Apprenticeship providers across London.  By building on our unique aggregation technology, we plan to provide hundreds of potential vacancy-led Apprenticeship opportunities every day!"

Fuse Jobs already carry over 200 Apprentice/Trainee positions updated hourly from a huge range of online sources.  The new vacancy-led positions exclusively available through the pilot will be at the very top of this list of London job opportunities. 

Fuse Jobs' current Apprentice/Trainee positions can be seen here:
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NOTES TO EDITORS:
www.FuseJobs.co.uk is London's only entry level job site aimed at helping the city's young, unemployed and inexperienced new-starters break out into the world of work.
For interviews, information and access to high resolution images, please contact amanda@fusejobs.co.uk

Employer Training Solutions, provided by Westminster Kingsway College is recognised as one of the leading providers of training in London offering custom designed, work-based training and professional development programmes that will suit a wide range of employers in all industries.  Employer Training Solutions offer free consultations to help determine organisations' training requirements.
t. 0844 844 0413
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Press enquiries to Jeff Hyland, jeff.hyland@westking.ac.uk