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Here's how Skills Development Scotland can help people of all ages SDS’s career information, advice and guidance service helps people of all ages to understand the world of work and develop lifelong career management skills. Advertorial Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is Scotland’s career service helping people and businesses to develop and apply their skills and contribute to Scotland’s economy. SDS delivers careers services in every state secondary school in the country, a network of high street centres and online at SDS’s careers website My World of Work. SDS’s career informa...

FUTURE OF EDUCATION Jade Hughes (18) a former Falkirk High School pupil studied for her Engineering Foundation Apprenticeship at Forth Valley College Recent adaptations to Foundation Apprenticeships during the pandemic have allowed young people in Scotland to continue benefiting from a wealth of industry experience. Across Scotland employers, schools and learning providers have made changes to support pupils during the most challenging year any are likely to face. For pupils across the country, the changes have also included how they have been supported to complete their Foundation Appren...

FUTURE OF EDUCATION The college’s Foundation Apprenticeship frameworks cover accountancy, business skills, social services, children and young people, social services and healthcare with creative and digital media in the next academic term FOR SCOTLAND’S senior high school pupils, taking the first steps into the world of work can be a daunting process. The team at South Lanarkshire College understands the pressures facing young people and has expanded its Foundation Apprenticeship programme this year to help young people unlock their full potential. As a result, many students across a...

Cash incentives to hire young at risk of unemployment in Moray © Supplied by DYW Moray Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Up to £8,000 is being offered to businesses who provide job placements for up to 25 hours a week for 12 months. The scheme is open to support 16 to 24-year-olds at risk of unemployment, including school leavers, with firms able to hire a maximum of two trainees. Sarah Baxter, programme manager for ...

Dundee City Council helping to match unemployed with jobs © SYSTEM Mark Flynn, convener of the council’s city development committee Dundee City Council has hailed the efforts of its employability teams to counter job losses caused by Covid-19. It found the unemployment rate in the city needs to shrink by at least 4.1% if Dundee is to rebuild its economy. A report by the Royal Bank of Scotland, published today, found private sector employment in Scotland declined last month. But the rate of job shedding was the slowest since February 2020. Jobs demand in certain sectors The Discover Work Pa...