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Worktree success at MK Innovates exhibition
Worktree Chair Alan Bullen and trustees Ayesha Shokar and Rachel Brockway organised and ran a Worktree stand at this year's MK Innovates exhibition in Middleton Hall on 8-9th October. The stand was set up alongside the Lynx Networks stand, where Alan (pictured) is...
The opportunity to understand and explore an industry that one day may become a young person’s future is invaluable – Hannah Towns, Amazon
Hannah Towns is an Operations Intern at Amazon and has only been in her role for 3 months. Hannah approached Worktree a few months ago to discuss getting involved with Worktree events. Read on to find out more about why Hannah wants to get involved. "I came across...
Inspiring young people by providing a real example of work – Meredith Cade-Westcombe, Xero
Worktree welcomes Xero, a cloud accounting software business, as the latest local company to join its Virtual Career WorkOut program. Early in March Meredith Cade-Westcombe, a Customer Experience Team Leader (Banking & Security) for Xero since 2015, took part in...
Virtual Career WorkOut launches in MK schools
After several months in development, including seven trials with more than a hundred pupils across the full age range in four secondary schools, Worktree launched its new Virtual Career WorkOut sessions to all MK schools at the start of November. By end of term in...
Find Your Job in 25 Conversations
Worktree is pleased to launch its new guidebook for job-seekers, Find Your Job in 25 Conversations. Based on more than 10 years delivering employability training workshops in UK and beyond, this book enables you to seek and secure work by asking the right people the...
MK Council funds Career WorkOut onlining
Milton Keynes Council has provided Worktree with a grant from its Economic Recovery fund for the onlining of Career WorkOut. "We are thrilled to be in this new partnership with MK Council," said Worktree's Tom Bulman. "We share a vision of MK secondary schools...
Community Foundation provides vital support
MK Community Foundation has awarded Worktree a Community Grant to develop online resources in response to Covid. The project will develop its Career Snapshot library and a virtual form of Career WorkOut. The work has begun, in a collaboration with Prominent Media and...
Career Snapshot and Worktree survival
Covid 19 has shaken Worktree to its roots. What, no more face-to-face employer encounters in schools?! The team’s creative juices have had to flow and we’ve come up with an exciting online offer including Career Snapshot videos, live Virtual Career WorkOut sessions...
Personal Group to the rescue
Damian Kane, Finance Controller for Personal Group, contacted Worktree last month, just before a Board meeting to discuss lack of funds since our work in schools has dried up, to talk about a possible donation. Working closely with Damian and the trustees of Personal...
Visual Identity on the cards!
Big thank you to Jacqui Wilkins and her team at Visual identity for all their hard work in designing our new ‘Find your job’ cards resource and Tom’s new book, 'How to find your job in 25 conversations'. Jacqui and her team designed our original set of cards a few...
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