by Claire Sutton | Feb 11, 2025 | Apprentice, Apprenticeship, Business, Learning, Training
It’s that time of year again – National Apprenticeships Week! Having spoken to Networking Chandler’s Ford about Apprenticeships, I realised that I have never written about the ‘essentials’ here. The hows and whats, as it were. So time to...
by Claire Sutton | Jun 1, 2021 | Apprentice, Apprenticeship, Learning
I had the great pleasure recently of visiting two former Apprentices who I helped recruit into jobs about 18 years ago when they were school leavers. Now in their 30s, both are married with young children (way to make me feel old!). What is particularly...
by Claire Sutton | Feb 20, 2019 | Apprentice, Apprenticeship, Business, Learning, Training
Following National Apprenticeships Week (usually the first week of February), I have been thinking about the benefits for employers of using Apprenticeships. You will note that I deliberately avoid saying ‘recruit an Apprentice’: I think we often forget that...
by Claire Sutton | Aug 17, 2018 | Apprentice, Apprenticeship, Digital Marketing, Learning, Marketing, Training
I have been working with Apprentices and the organisations employing them since 2001. I have seen some Apprentices do fantastically well, for themselves and for their employers. I’ve also seen Apprentices where it just hasn’t worked (for many different reasons). I’ve...
by Claire Sutton | Apr 20, 2018 | Apprentice, Apprenticeship, Digital Marketing, Learning, Marketing, Training
I am delighted to have started working with Kiwi Education to deliver the new Digital Marketer Apprenticeship (being updated in 2024 to the Multi-Channel Marketer Apprenticeship). They asked me to write them a blog to introduce myself, and I’m pleased to...
