BT seeking to recruit West Mids apprentices
BT IS looking to recruit apprentices and has a number of roles in Coventry aimed at young people keen to get their first foot on the career ladder.
The communications giant has 26 new apprenticeship jobs to fill across the West Midlands.
This year’s BT apprentice and graduate recruitment, which includes mobile operator EE, will see the new employees work in a variety of roles, ranging from customer service, vehicle maintenance and finance to cyber security and software development.
The Midland apprentice recruitment drive is part of a national initiative aiming to signup 1,700 apprentices and graduates.
Anyone over 16, living in the UK and not in full-time education can apply for a BT apprenticeship.
There are minimum entry requirements in terms of education and different levels of apprenticeship – advanced, higher and degree – which take between 18 months and four years.
Colin Bannon, chairman of BT’s West Midlands regional board, said: “This latest major recruitment is a further example of BT’s commitment to the West Midlands as one of the region’s leading employers and investors. We are offering exciting, high quality careers in a fast moving industry in order to ensure the households and businesses of this region are able to benefit from the latest, first class communications. “The new recruits will be joining a world-leading company, which has already invested hundreds of millions of pounds in the West Midlands in technologies such as superfast broadband and 4G.” BT is one of the UK’s largest employers with 81,000 UKbased people. According to a recent report by Regeneris Consulting, the company supports around 15,800 jobs in the West Midlands through direct employment, spending with contractors and suppliers and the spending employees – and gives an annual boost to the region’s economy worth £1.28 billion. Welcoming BT’s apprentice and graduate recruitment drive, apprenticeships and skills minister Robert Halfon said: “It is always good to talk about apprenticeships and the ladder of opportunity they give people to secure the career they want. “By committing to injecting 1,700 new graduate and apprentice jobs into the UK, BT is offering a real chance to be trained by some of the best in their field.” Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of London on Saturday to protest about the future of the NHS.
Organisers have described the national demonstration as a rallying call to save the health service as “more austerity in the NHS represents a real risk to the safety of patients and the service” Campaigners, medics and members of the public taking part in the march held home-made banners which read “Where are the 350 million? £EU doctors” and “Devon says no to death by service cuts”.
Some messages such as “NHS4Ever” were written on T-shirts , bags and umbrellas.
We are offering exciting, high quality careers in a fast moving industry .