| | Applications to
professional services
firm PwC, for their
London based Higher
Apprenticeship and
School Leaver programme
have risen 318% since
the financial crisis
began, as the City gears
up for one of the
largest ever
Apprenticeship fairs in
Hackney on Wednesday.
Applications from
London and the surrounds
to the firm’s school
leaver programmes
doubled last year to
over 1000, as over 30
new Higher
Apprenticeship jobs were
created in the firm’s
London Bridge and
Embankment based
Consulting and Tax
teams. 40% of all
applications nationwide
for student level jobs
were for London roles.
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PwC has recruited
London school leavers
for over ten years, and
last year the firm
launched the first ever
nationally recognised
Higher Apprenticeship
for the professional
services industry. The
programme offers
students the chance to
earn while they learn,
and work towards an
internationally
recognised industry
qualification in tax,
consulting or audit.
This year the firm will
recruit around 50 Higher
Apprentices in London in
Tax and Consulting.
Richard Irwin, head
of recruitment said:
“London’s always a
popular choice for our
graduate jobs, but the
level of interest in the
Higher Apprenticeship | |
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career.
However just 11% had
the opportunity to hear
from at least three
working professionals
before leaving school or
college.
Gaenor Bagley, head
of people, PwC said: “We
have to demystify the
world of work, business
and young people’s
options for study if we
are to realistically
attract a wider range of
people to the
professions and the
City.
“With the routes into
work and training
changing so radically
over the past five
years, Higher
Apprenticeships are a
simple idea, with far
–reaching consequences
for development of | |
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| | business skills, to
support UK growth.”
“The cost of raising
awareness is low, and
there is much to gain
for both employers and
students from events as
simple as an open day,
or presentation on how
someone’s skills and
training led them to the
job they do.”
PwC will run a series
of workshops at the
Careers Fair, providing
personal career stories
from PwC's own staff on
job options in the
industry, a survival
guide to job interviews
and applications, and
Q&As on Higher
Apprenticeships at the
firm with recent new
joiners. | |
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