VMO2 launches new apprenticeship drive
UK telco VMO2 is seeking to tackle extra individuals in paid apprenticeship roles with 5 new schemes overlaying digital advertising and marketing, cyber safety, amount surveying, community cabling and DevOps.
VMO2 will increase its present roster of 40 apprenticeship schemes with 5 extra focussed on digital advertising and marketing, cyber safety, amount surveying, community cabling and DevOps. That is on prime of present availabilities in community design engineering, community implementation, fibre engineering and community cable supply all through the UK.
All roles are supplied on a everlasting contract with a beginning wage of no less than £19,000 and apparently every apprentice acquired coaching and assist value between £6,000 to £27,000 all through their programme. It’s at the moment seeking to fill round 70 positions, and the agency says it has taken on 480 apprentices since June 2021.
“We’re on a mission to improve the UK, and are recruiting gifted individuals to make this occur,” stated Karen Handley, Head of Future Careers at Virgin Media O2. “With hundreds of individuals ending college or faculty and receiving their A-Degree outcomes, there has by no means been a greater time to affix us as an apprentice the place you’ll be able to earn while you be taught. Whether or not it’s cyber safety or community engineering, digital advertising and marketing or planning, at Virgin Media O2 we’re continually increasing our array of apprenticeship programmes to assist our individuals develop the abilities they want for the longer term.”
Apprenticeships was extra of a factor within the UK than they’re now, and in the event that they’re made engaging and widespread sufficient its solely attainable they might make a comeback as companies look to spice up their workforce of coders and builders, for instance.
The agency launched some stats alongside the announcement based mostly on a few of its personal analysis – apparently 57% of 11-18 12 months olds are contemplating an apprenticeship as they search for alternatives to earn while studying and expertise working life sooner, whereas 31% stated they might wrestle with cash at college, and 28% consider that rising prices imply they not see college as such a good suggestion.
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