The Graduate Apprentice
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The Graduate Apprentice is an innovative programme managed by Birmingham Future’s[1] Graduates into Employment Committee, in conjunction with Graduate Advantage[2].
The scheme sets out to identify an exceptional graduate each year and offer them a structured, salaried twelve month placement that provides invaluable work experience within three diverse companies in the professional and financial service sectors in Birmingham.
As part of Birmingham Future's remit, the scheme also aims to promote the broad range of career opportunities that Birmingham can offer graduates from across the UK.
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The initial idea of The Graduate Apprentice was dreamt up as a marketing tool for the West Midland Graduate Fair in early 2006. However it quickly became apparent that it could be much more than that; a vehicle that profiled the issues around graduate recruitment and retention and a workable initiative that would offer a graduate a unique opportunity to gain a broad range of experience in a variety of differing business environments- but within a formalised structure.
[edit] The Graduate Apprentice 2006
The placement companies for the first Graduate Apprentice programme where; big 4 accountancy firm, Deloitte, NHS Finance and small digital creative agency, 3Form[3].
Darvinder Kang, from Burton-on-Trent and a graduate of University of Sheffield (BA Hons Business Studies and Information Management) was selected from 100 applicants to become the first Graduate Apprentice in September 2006. [1] He was the first in his family to attend university and to set his own career path away from the family business.
[edit] The Graduate Apprentice 2007
For the second year of The Graduate Apprentice, property management firm LMM[4] replaced NHS Finance as the second placement.
The second Graduate Apprentice was Jason Norris, a 22 year old originally from Devon and a graduate of Durham University (BA Hons Business and Adminstration).[2]
[edit] The Graduate Apprentice 2008
The application process for the third year of The Graduate Advantage opened on 31 March 2008 and closes on 9 May 2008. This year sees VC Consulting [5] become the third of the placements replacing 3Form.
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- ^ "Birmingham Update - Education", Locate Birmingham.
- ^ "Birmingham Future selects the second Graduate Apprentice", Birmingham Future.
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