GO Wales offers a range of services proven to help students, graduates and businesses in Wales including: work placements, work experience, funding for training and an online database of jobs in Wales.
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GO Wales Work Placements
GO Wales Work Placements are Wales’ flagship work experience scheme. We offer students and graduates the chance to gain paid, project-based work experience. Our placements are proven to make you more employable.
You can take part in our placement scheme if you are a higher education student with EU citizenship, or a graduate. You will be expected to have an address in Wales or to be studying at a Welsh higher education institution.
What is a Work Placement?
Here are the basic facts about our placement scheme:
- Placements last around 10 weeks and are normally full-time.
- Placements are paid £240 per week min.
- You get the chance to develop your skills by working on a real business project for a local employer.
- You complete a work-based qualification designed to help you develop your business and personal skills.
- You can add some quality experience to your CV.
- Many placements lead to further work with the host company but obviously this isn’t guaranteed.
For further information contact Charlene Jones c.jones@lamp.ac.uk or click here.
Go Wales Work Tasters
GO Wales Work Tasters are organised according to your needs. Bespoke periods of work experience designed to help you make informed career choices. Tasters are short, flexible and enable students and graduates to gain experience of working in a particular career, industry or business sector.
You can take part in our taster scheme if you are a higher education student with EU citizenship, or a graduate. You will be expected to have an address in Wales or to be studying at a Welsh higher education institution
What is a Work Taster?
Work Tasters are:
- Normally up to 2 weeks in length.
- Unpaid. You observe and maybe take part in some selected tasks but you’re not an employee of the organisation while on a Work Taster.
- The rest is up to you...
For further information please contact Angela Conaghan a.conaghan@lamp.ac.uk or click here
GO Wales Graduate Academy
The GO Wales Graduate Academy is a free training programme that aims to provide recent graduates with the skills and support needed to help gain graduate employment. Today’s employers are looking for real evidence of skills, abilities and understanding of the world of work, underpinned by actual experience and accredited learning.
By combining work experience with a qualification awarded by the internationally-recognised Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), the programme is a learning opportunity that focuses on the real and practical skills required for success.
Programmes are held at various locations in Wales. Full-time, 6-week programmes include a 2-week residential training course. We also offer part-time programmes for those who are currently working and feel under-employed but are not able to attend a full-time programme.
For further information follow the Graduate Academy link or contact Gwen Adams or Jane Burtenshaw Jones at graduateacademy@lamp.ac.uk
GO Wales - Graduate Training And Development Fund
Small to medium sized businesses in Wales can claim up to £1,500 towards the cost of training graduate staff members through the GO Wales programme.
We are able to fund training that will provide a clear benefit to a business in Wales. Once an application has been approved GO Wales can potentially fund half of the cost of the course up to £1,500 per eligible graduate.
Requirements:
- You must be a small to medium sized business employing less than 250 staff.
- Your business must be based in Wales.
- The funding is only available for graduate staff (the participant must have a degree, HND or equivalent qualification of NQF level 4 or above).
- The training must cost a minimum of £175 including VAT.
- The funding must provide a clear benefit to the business.
You can make an application on behalf of any graduate working in the business providing they meet the requirements listed above.
For further information please contact g.dann@lamp.ac.uk