Schools: Do you only recommend degree-level apprenticeships to students? Or do you find students are focused only on these opportunities? Here's why level 3 and 4 apprenticeships are a great option, too... 1️⃣ There’s more competition for degree-level apprenticeships 2️⃣ Studying for a degree-level qualification while working can be tough 3️⃣ They deliver on the same end goal: getting a young person a job! 4️⃣ Despite misconceptions, they’re a different learning experience from A-Levels 5️⃣ Young people aren’t locked in their apprenticeship for so long and can progress to other professional qualifications faster… Read the full article to find out how you can increase young people’s opportunities and boost their chances of success: https://lnkd.in/eKbcd96H #apprenticeships #teacher #firstjob #schools #earlycareers #careers #careersadvice
About us
We're the experts on social mobility in early careers. We create award-winning programmes that help employers to inspire, engage and hire socially diverse school-leavers. Building a more diverse workforce, unlocking new talent and skills for your business, and shaping the futures of young people whose background could limit their career potential. Since 2009 we have worked with over 25,000 young people. Our partners include businesses of all sizes - from SME to multinational - like Asahi, Berenberg, London Market Group, Michelmores, Novuna and Osborne Clarke.
- Website
-
https://www.visionpath.co.uk
External link for Visionpath
- Industry
- Human Resources
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Sawbridgeworth, Herts
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2009
- Specialties
- Early Careers, Recruitment, Talent, Development, Social Mobility, Apprenticeships, Coaching, Leadership, Employability, Learning & Development, Young People, and School Leavers
Locations
-
Primary
The Maltings, Station Road
Sawbridgeworth, Herts CM21 9JX, GB
Employees at Visionpath
Updates
-
Another week, another group of apprentices setting out on their new careers with one of our partners 🙌🏻 Great to see five new apprentices join the Policy team at Ofcom this week. We can’t wait to see them develop in their new roles and build their future careers with the UK’s communications regulator. They’ve been part of our 10-month early careers programme with Ofcom, starting with in-school outreach leading into insight days, career mentoring and skills development, before being interviewed and selected for their new apprenticeships. Since 2022, our partnership with Ofcom has seen over 30 diverse school leavers join the organisation as apprentices across a range of roles and teams - from Policy and Legal, to Economics and Data. Best of luck to the apprentices and delighted to partner with Ofcom as together we make early careers more equal. #apprenticeships #careers #earlycareers #socialmobility #futuretalent #schoolleavers
-
Wondering what our programmes actually look like? Enter: Visionpath's brand new case studies... First up: find out how we worked with Berenberg, one of Europe's leading privately owned banks, to outline a strategy for increasing social diversity within UK financial services – including the challenge we faced, the approach we took, and the results we got. (Spoiler alert: it was a huge success.) Read the case study here: https://lnkd.in/eaNDHr4Z #apprenticeships #financejobs #diversityandinclusion
Case Study: Journey with Berenberg
visionpath.co.uk
-
Congratulations to all the new apprentices joining Mars this week from our new Building Bright Futures apprenticeship programme. Our team loves seeing school leavers embark on new careers from our programmes, always a proud moment! Excited to see how everyone progresses in their apprenticeships with Mars Wrigley 🙌🏻 #apprenticeships #careers #earlycareers #socialmobility #futuretalent
Social mobility champion | Early careers expert | Founder & CEO of Visionpath - Early careers, made equal
One of the absolute joys of my work is seeing young people on our programmes set out on their new careers with our partners. And this week, Mars welcomed their first cohort of apprentices from their partnership with Visionpath! In 2023 we launched Building Bright Futures, a new early careers programme unlocking exciting apprenticeships at Mars Wrigley in Slough, for school leavers from diverse backgrounds. The programme has seen us: 🏫 Deliver workshops in schools connecting with hundreds of Year 13s to help them learn about Mars and see their future in one of their apprenticeships. 💡Bring students into interactive Insight & Assessment days to give them hands-on experience of life at Mars and showcase their skills. 💬 Connected students with over 30 Mars mentors, delivering over 200 hours of mentoring to support students’ career development, plus other experiences to build skills for their future career. This week, the programme culminated in 13 apprentices joining Mars in roles like engineering, operations, sales, marketing and finance🎉🎉🎉 Having worked closely with Mars on this programme I know the apprentices are joining a company with a great culture and an environment where they’ll learn and thrive. Definitely bright futures ahead (pun entirely intended). And watch this space as we launch our 2024-25 Building Bright Futures programme, more great things to come 🚀 #apprenticeships #futuretalent #earlycareers #careers #socialmobility #diversityandinclusion #schoolleavers
-
We’re celebrating our win at last night’s Insurance Insider Honours where our partnership with London Market Group was awarded Campaign of the Year! 🏆 A huge thank you to all the employers, volunteers, schools and students who’ve helped make the Futures Academy a huge success since it launched in 2023. Much more to come in 2025! #specialtyinsurance #insurance #award #careers #earlycareers #futuretalent
-
Great to be back in London (with a bit more sunshine than last week) to support the AXA XL summer internship programme. We’re delivering our insurance hothouse workshop getting interns to think about: ⚡️ The energy transition and net zero space ⚠️ Emerging risks for businesses working in this industry 💡 Ideas on how insurers can support and protect businesses in this world. #specialtyinsurance #netzero #interns #earlycareers #insurance #socialmobility
-
Looking back on our incredible London Insurance Life Futures Academy Careers Festival 🎉🎉🎉 On Friday, 150 students arrived at Lloyd's ready to connect with employers, build networks and learn skills to help with their future careers in the London market. Loved seeing the energy and excitement about a career in specialty insurance. We’ve definitely made it a destination career 🏆 Thanks to the employers who helped make it a great day, took time to inspire students and brought some awesome merch too! Antares Allianz Aon Aviva AIG Amwins ARK SYNDICATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED Arch Insurance (UK) Limited Ardonagh Specialty Asta Capital Limited Atrium Underwriters Ltd Aventum Group AXA XL Beazley BPL Chaucer Group Convex Insurance Canopius Group HDI Global Specialty SE Howden Lloyd's Lockton McGill and Partners Miller Insurance Services LLP SiriusPoint Travelers Tokio Marine Kiln W. R. Berkley Corporation WTW Zurich UK Looking forward to the 2025 Academy and an even bigger and better festival. More on that soon… London Market Group LIIBA - London & International Insurance Brokers’ Association International Underwriting Association of London Lloyd's Market Association #futuresacademy24 #futuresacademy2024 #specialtyinsurance #careers #earlycareers #socialmobility
-
Placements are over and it’s Festival day tomorrow! 🎉🎉🎉 A massive thank you to all the employers who offered placements to students on the London Insurance Life Futures Academy 2024. We had 150 students on placement from Monday to Thursday this week at over 40 different employers. That’s a huge 600 days of work experience delivered 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Tomorrow we take over the Lloyd's building for our Careers Festival, bringing together all 150 academy students for the first time to network with 30+ employers and make great connections for their future career 🤝 London Market Group LIIBA - London & International Insurance Brokers’ Association Lloyd's Market Association International Underwriting Association of London #futuresacademy24 #specialtyinsurance #futuretalent #schoolleavers #earlycareers #workexperience #socialmobility
-
Creating opportunities for young people is in our DNA. We help employers from start-up and scale-up, through to multinationals and household name businesses. Together inspiring, engaging and hiring diverse future talent for their early careers. But it’s not just for other companies. Since 2017 we’ve been bringing school leavers into our team as apprentices. We’ve seen them build their careers with us and thrive helping other young people to kickstart their careers with our employer partners. Our team are bringing our work to life in our Insight & Assessment Day for our next apprenticeship starting in September. Helping candidates understand our story, our mission, our work and what they could be doing when they join our team. You’re never too small to have apprentices - talk to us if you want to find out how to do it. #apprenticeships #futuretalent #earlycareers #schoolleavers #careers #socialmobility
-
1K FOLLOWERS! Thanks to everyone who follows, likes, shares and comments on our posts, helping spread the word about all the great work our team does to unlock new careers for young people who need them most. Making early careers more equal. #followers #earlycareers #careers #socialmobility #futuretalent