Richard Kirk

WORKPLUS has opened the application process for around 120 apprenticeship opportunities in its ‘My Head Start’ campaign.

WORKPLUS has launched a fresh campaign to recruit 80 apprentices across Northern Ireland in roles ranging from engineering, manufacturing and logistics to software development.

LET’S not close down possibilities because of the language we use – it’s time to drop the phrase ‘bright young graduates’ For many of us, we’ll have been taught from a young age about the importance of words.

WORKPLUS has opened the process to recruit 50 apprenticeship post with 40 companies in the north.

A NEW government-backed scheme has been launched to match construction employers and prospective craft apprentices.

WITH A-level results published this Thursday, young people and their parents will no doubt be mulling over options for the future.

BELFAST-based Workplus, which develops talent through apprenticeships, has been awarded £40,000 from Innovate UK’s Fast Start competition to help businesses adapting to Covid-19 to develop talent through apprenticeships.

THE importance of apprentice schemes for young people, businesses and the future of the economy in the north is the focus of a free event taking place in Belfast this week.

THIS week's My Kind of Job is Richard Kirk, regional director of the Institution of Civil Engineers What’s your job? As the Regional Director of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) I help civil engineers deliver better infrastructure, which makes Northern Ireland a better place to live, work and visit.

UP to 35 new civil engineering apprentices will end up in paid work this year after the first apprenticeship scheme of its kind in Northern Ireland delivered by Work+.