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Increasing employability

My experience as a Corporate Responsibility Trainee

by Shenelle on 17/09/2009

Shenelle spent nine weeks within the Corporate Responsibility team as a City Business Trainee, a scheme funded by the City of London and facilitated by local charity, the Brokerage Citylink.  The scheme offers many talented young people from the City-fringe boroughs a unique opportunity to undertake a paid work placement after their A’levels within a City business.  This is [...]

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The value of supporting education..

by Corinne on 23/01/2009

In our January email update, City Action sent all our clients a selection of volunteering options within schools.  The sessions are aimed at helping the students discover the ‘world of work’, ranging from interview/CV workshops to developing their own product/business concepts.  The support of employee volunteers is vital to these sessions as they bring with [...]

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The Wonderful World of CSR

by Ayesha on 03/09/2008

There is a saying which goes ‘no experience without a job, no job without experience.’  The City of London Business Traineeship (CBT) Programme addresses this paradox by helping high achieving students from the City fringe boroughs to obtain worthwhile paid work placements in City businesses. This year, I was one of over fifty trainees to [...]

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