Fancy a career in recruitment?
TWO young people from the Bristol area will have the chance to help keep the country safe and work to recruit staff for the defence industry.
Real Time Consultants (RTC), a recruitment company in Trenchard Street, is taking on two apprentices.
RTC has 15 staff in its city centre office, who recruit everyone from software engineers to project managers in the security, automotive and air traffic control sectors.
The company finds staff for small- and medium-sized businesses who work with organisations such as the Ministry of Defence, BAE Systems and Airbus.
The two apprentices will give two young people the chance to study for NVQ levels 2 and 3 in customer service, which they will do in the office and one day a week at the City of Bristol College.
Samantha Northcott, who is running the apprenticeship programmes at RTC, said: "We are a small team, not a big corporation where you are just left to make tea and coffee.
"The first three months the apprentices will learn about what recruitment actually is.
"They will see the whole process of finding candidates, checking their credentials and references and basic administration.
"We also train them in how to talk to people correctly on the phone, which can be quite daunting if you are 16 or 17 and you are talking to a senior worker who is earning £70,000.
"When young people come to us they often have little experience of this, so we use role plays to help them along."
As they progress, the young apprentices will go out and meet clients and learn more about the markets they are working in.
The second year involves learning about telesales and moving along the road to becoming a recruitment consultant.
After two years they can be working as junior account managers, earning £20,000 or more.
Ms Northcott said: "The apprentices will be paid £100 a week and bonuses, which could see them earn another £8,000 a year on top of their salary.
"The apprenticeship is ideal for who don't want to go on to college or full-time further education.
"It gives real-life work experience and the skills and confidence that go with that."
Adam Renwick, 18, from Portishead, started as an apprentice at RTC last year and is training to be a recruitment consultant.
He said: "Working at RTC is a great opportunity for me in my career."
For more information about the apprenticeship opportunities, call 0117 917 1500 or visit www.rtc.co.uk.
● After the success of the Evening Post's campaign to find 100 apprenticeships in 100 days, we have expanded our target. Now we want 100 business across the Bristol area to offer apprenticeships for young people.
If you are a business looking to take on an apprentice, or a young person keen to start an apprenticeship, please email d.harris@bepp.co.uk.
For more information on apprenticeships, call the National Apprenticeship Service on 08000 150 600 or visit www.apprenticeships.org.uk.
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by Pragmatist, Bristol
Monday, July 26 2010, 4:41PM
“Unfortunately James, they will only produce more target based sales pople like themselves.
Which is something we do not need.
Who's only aim will be to improve things for themselves and not the people seeking aid.
My experience in dealing with these people is that they will call you in, pretned they are your friend and that they will get you work, and then ignore you...
My comment about the lady has disappeared.
(Youth explotation Vs lumps in summary)”
by James, Bristol
Monday, July 26 2010, 4:23PM
“Rigsby, I'm disappointed in your comment. I feel that any opportunity for the younger generation, be it in a Sales environment- should be welcomed with open arms. You cannot tell me that this will not give two apprentices¿ a career- with transferable skills later in life.
I think too many people have missed the point here today, which is getting youngsters into work. I applaud RTC for this opportunity their giving.”
by Bob, Bristol
Monday, July 26 2010, 4:21PM
“Julraj, the lady pic is the only piece of cleavage you'll be looking at.
Bitty from Umma doesnt count . . non relations only”
by Rigsby, St George
Monday, July 26 2010, 4:10PM
“Agreeing with Julraj on this one.
The woman has a lvoely cleavage but recruitment "consultants" are nothing but glorified salespeople.
No different to telemarketters etc and its all to make money from a market where no money needs to get made.
Imagine a recruitment consultancy who do not work on a sales man OTE basis, oh yes, we already have them. They're called Job centres and have Public Sector workers who do not get paid on a per position filled basis.
If this said, blood sucking industry looking to demonise 2 unsuspecting young go getters into selling their souls for money money money then I'm sure the comments would read different.
Sales people only ever have one agenda and the whole recruitment consultant industry is ran by sales people so they use what we would deem as "BS" to make their points. Such as: -
"TWO young people from the Bristol area will have the chance to help keep the country safe and work to recruit staff for the defence industry."
Whoever gets these positions will not be keeping the country any safer than anybody else, salesman spiel!”
by Sandeep, Office next to Julraj
Monday, July 26 2010, 3:49PM
“Julraj... That's a shame. I think you have some moral issue and I think you should consider winding your neck in and getting over yourself. Be prepared for failure. It will come soon.”
by Lurch, Local
Monday, July 26 2010, 3:44PM
“Yes you could earn that much on a checkout, with what career opportunities? None is the answer, at least with an Apprenticeship they will be going to College as well and can study for various qualifications such as Business, Customer Support etc putting them in a much better position for future career opportunities. I don't think any young people should confined to a career on the checkouts.”
by Lucy, UK
Monday, July 26 2010, 3:36PM
“"Alison" A Quote from the Ms Northcott said: "The apprentices will be paid £100 a week and bonuses, which could see them earn another £8,000 a year on top of their salary.
That's probably the same amount of money you'll earn on a checkout...
With not qualification and the sound of beep beep beep when you go to sleep.
There is not fun there.”
by Freddie, Bristol
Monday, July 26 2010, 3:30PM
“Well said Lucy”
by Julraj, Clifton, Bristol
Monday, July 26 2010, 3:28PM
“Jesus Lucy, give Learndirect a call and say you can't sp3ll.”
by Alison Keayes, Clifton
Monday, July 26 2010, 3:23PM
“Contemporary apprenticeships are just a way out of having to pay minimum wage.
Internships, which seem to be all the rage these days, are just a way of avoiding paying any wages at all - they discriminate in favour of the sons and daughters of the rich.
A fair days wage for a fair days work is fair. Anything less is naked exploitation.”