Manufacturing and Engineering Careers: Inspiring the Youth of Today - Dudley Child Executive Recruitment

Tuesday 17th November 2009 was the date that London, Leicester Square, held the premier of a new inspirational documentary film to call for reform to better equips young people for work and life in modern times. The film, which was inspired and guided by Lord Puttnam condemns the archaic values of the British Education system and calls for greater value to be put on the development of the real life skills that will aid and assist their careers at an earlier stage, and also apply them to the real world. The film, which has received backing and support by industry leaders and academics such as Richard Branson, Germaine Greer and Bill Bryson, also realises the support needed from industry and employers to work with academic institutions to identify the core areas of competence and how they should be delivered.

This is surely a welcome media for most in today’s turbulent economic climate. At times when the government is slowly recognising the need to invest in the young people of the UK and also the Manufacturing and Engineering Industry, the film comes as timely support for the government initiative, Manufacturing Insight, which aims to improve the perception of manufacturing and engineering in the UK. Dudley Child is currently ‘doing it’s bit’ by partnering with Trinity University College in Leeds to deliver an apprentice programme to its final year students whereby the successful applicant will be offered a full time trainee position on graduation and also a financial bursary to assist them in their final semester, at a time when cash becomes more scare for students and the work load increases, creating greater stress.

Dudley Child has also assisted by delivering presentations during the University’s Employability Week and has accepted interns to work at Dudley Child. This is a real key area of demonstrating that we support the young people.