The team at Pickr (https://pickr.works/ ) have secured a Norwich for Jobs bronze award for their role in supporting young people gain the knowledge, skills & experience needed to enter the workplace. Pickr have presented at Jobs Clubs, participated at employers panels and provided work experience opportunities for young people.
The city’s Marks and Spencer store embraced the Norwich for Jobs campaign by offering eight-week work placements to 12 young people - and seven of them are now celebrating being taken on in full-time jobs.
Store manager Mark Robertson described the campaign, launched by city MP Chloe Smith to halve the area’s youth unemployment in two years, as a “win-win for employers and young people”
He said they would be offering more work placements under the Norwich for Jobs banner in August and that said everything about the scheme’s success.
Serco, alongside its NHS colleagues at NNUH, has supported the Norwich for Jobs programme since its inception in 2013 and works closely with local community partners such as The Prince’s Trust, Project Search and Jobcentre Plus to offer diverse work entry opportunities.
So far this year, the company has hosted a CV and interview skills advice session, two ‘About Us’ presentations, a work taster session and offered work experience placements. These activities have already resulted in three young people securing jobs at the hospital this year.
Howes Percival has received a bronze award from the Norwich for Jobs scheme, which is spearheaded by Norwich North MP Chloe Smith and the city’s Jobcentre Plus
The voluntary project – which began its third phase in September – aims to reduce unemployment among 18 to 24-year-olds, with businesses offering apprenticeships, work tasters and CV and interview support.
Over the past year Howes Percival has supported the initiative by running mock interviews, giving training on writing CVs and offering advice and support at the Norwich for Jobs club.
On 17th November, Norwich For Jobs was deligted to welcome employers including AVIVA, City College, CTS, Easton & Otley College, Ingeus, KFC, Kingswood, MINT, Norfolk & Suffolk Care Support, NHSFT, Norfolk & Suffolk Care Support, Norfolk & Norwich Univ Hosp, Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust, NORSE, NTS to an Apprenticeship Fair.
Norwich For Jobs is proud to post the following response from RA Brown following their achievement of Gold Award through our scheme:
R A Brown has been awarded the Gold Norwich For Jobs Award, we are really pleased to have received this recognition for our contribution towards helping young people in Norwich with employment skills.
A Norwich For Jobs partner organisation, Talent Match is launching a project, which seeks donations of smart clothing for interviews
Norfolk County Council has been awarded ‘gold’ for its outstanding support of the ‘Norwich for Jobs’ programme.
Norwich for Jobs is a voluntary project that aims to reduce the number of young people registered as unemployed within the Norwich area by assisting them to find appropriate work through CV and interview advice, tours of workplaces, work tasters, work experience and apprenticeships.
