What does UCAS do? Most assume its ONLY University -- this is changing. Their service is ever expanding to now attempt to offer parity to all those seeking further education by putting Apprenticeships front and center. This episode, I speak to Pete Milsom, the Partnerships Manager at UCAS. We talk what are the big changes they are making, why are they getting involved in the game (a big part stems from having all those prospective undergraduates!). We also talk about his career originally as...

How does one of the largest employers (besides the NHS) approach early careers? This episode, I speak to Nicola Drury, the Apprenticeships Lead for Amazon in the UK. We discuss rewarding apprentices, how they create new standards and courses at Amazon, Nicola's career history and what apprenticeship she secretly would do.. Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram: @ontheladderpod Harvey Church's Links: links.hchurch.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elijah Olanipekun is a Digital Technologies apprentice at Salesforce, based in London. He works towards the end of the sales process integrating the demands of the client into a final solution. In this episode Elijah shares his experience of founding the Black Apprentice Network with two others and the reason he is advocating for getting more Black Apprentices into the wider apprenticeship eco-system. Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram: @ontheladderpod Harvey Church's Links:...

What exactly does a UI/UX Designer do? This episode explores the role of Diparati Sen, a UI/UX designer at a fintech startup. We explore what that means, how you find pain points and smooth out processes! Another major part of Diparati's story is moving half-way across the world from India to retrain from being a software engineer at Cisco, to retraining in Bath, England doing an MSc in Computer-Human Interaction. Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram: @ontheladderpod Harvey Church's...

Lucy Carder is a recruiter at Tech Firm Cognizant, but in a past life a HR professional and recruitment team member at TFL! We talk how you find what you want to do (she didn't when she first left school), what TFL looked out for during recruitment, how she's now recruiting in a different area (non-graduate/apprentice) at Cognizant and some of the best learning experiences from her own time as an Apprentice. Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram: @ontheladderpod Harvey Church's Links:...

Apprenticeships are not new, but the modern apprenticeship in the UK has only existed since 2015 and comparisons are often made that the experience is not the same as going to Uni. The Association of Apprentices (AoA) is striking to change that by connecting Apprentices up and down the UK! Emily Austin is the CEO of the AoA and in this episode we talk about the goal of the association, some of the upcoming changes. In a former life, she was also worked at Lloyds TSB during the financial...

As part of the ongoing BBC Apprentice Series, Vishal Karri, a Software Engineering Apprentice spills the beans! He talks to me about his portfolio, working with the open University and how he only just scrapped through the interview with the wrong coding language! Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram: @ontheladderpod Harvey Church's Links: links.hchurch.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean to be a Cyber Security Apprentice? Tamzin Greenfield explains just that and more! She shines a light on the skills involved in her day job and what university has prepared her with. We discuss motivation and how originally she didn't see herself in tech, and that Ben Wishaw had something to do with it? She is also the re-launcher of Cheltenham B-Sides, an "entry-level" cyber security festival in ... Cheltenham. Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram:...

What is marketing and how do you market apprenticeships? Lily is a Marketing Officer at Crosby, a training provider based in the West Midlands. We speak about what its like in a multi-skilled role, how you advertize early careers to people, her apprenticeship journey and a little bit on why Crosby choses the colour blue! Lily is also a member of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Apprentice Panel (alongside me!) -- we chat about some surprises from being on the panel...

Join us in this episode as we chat with Muzhakkir Ali, a digital technology solutions apprentice at Accenture UK. We discuss what it's like to be a consultant, learning new skills on the fly to deal with changing client needs, and the apprenticeship standard. Muz shares his experience of moving around departments and the challenges of being a "temporary worker" and how having a network has been key to success in the odd overlap between apprenticeships and consulting career. Website:...

The BBC has a production apprenticeship scheme - you can be placed in a variety of parts of the BBC, in Callum Halling's case, he was placed with Local Radio station Hereford and Worcester! We discuss what day to day looks like, reveal the deep dark secret of the "clapper board", some of the interview and a little bit about the process of applying for the role. Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram: @ontheladderpod Harvey Church's Links: links.hchurch.net Hosted on Acast. See...

Jack Coffey is an Assistant Producer at LBC. We talk about what that means.. because as a title it can be alot of different things in the Broadcast Industry, the reality of shift work and how he got into his role. Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram: @ontheladderpod Harvey Church's Links: links.hchurch.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Peter Estlin's career cannot be neatly summarized into a few sentences... hence this interview! He is a former Lord Mayor of London, Chair of AoA, Member of the Institute of Apprentices and Technical Education Board, former Chief Financial Officer, Chair of Future dot Now. We talk about working during the financial crisis, having a "pressure cooker career", and his more recent work with the Early Careers space and the founding of the Association of Apprentices Website:...

We all rely on buildings being safe and built to code.. so who does that? This week I speak to David Browne, a trainee building surveyor at Bailey Garner, based in the west midlands. We chat about what it takes to be a surveyor, what the day to day is like, his view on the needs to recruit more people into the industry and actually how the goal of his degree apprenticeship... isn't the degree! Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram: @ontheladderpod Harvey Church's Links:...

What exactly does a solicitor apprenticeship entail? Hamza Yusuf is a 2nd Solicitor Apprentice with Norton Rose Fullbright. We cover his job as a corporate apprentice, some of the things in the industry/apprenticeship sector he wished existed and what it looks like to finish his apprenticeship. There is a healthy dose of self-advertising too... but when has an episode not been this! Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram: @ontheladderpod Harvey Church's Links: links.hchurch.net ...

What does it mean to be a HR Apprentice? What jobs are available in the wider Greater Manchester Area? Isaac Winton-Hayes is a Level 3 HR Apprentice at the Sexual Health Charity, Brooke. We look at his career path, what he gets up to in his day-to-day job, what the future of his "HR Career Path" looks like and some views on the wider careers sector. He offers some valuable insight into the flexibility afforded to him by his employer, some of the challenges of an earlier role, but the skills...

James Hancock is a former BBC Production Apprentice who has had a wild ride of an start in the industry. We discuss what big events he's worked on, how he dealt with COVID and the knock on effects in the industry. We briefly look at the BBC Production Scheme, what he wish he knew earlier and what exactly it means to be a production runner/assistant. A lot of it is building relationships and talent management. Alongside this there might be a few ... name drops. But who can blame him! Website:...

Apprenticeships are not a new idea... and Jim Cameron can attest to that! Jim trained to be a Engineer at Vickers over 60 years ago, moving onto have a career in sales and then working with the ISO technical committee for chain transmission systems! The discussion covers what it was like to do an apprenticeship at that time, the role the training played in his later life working with the ISO Technical Committee for chain, his redundancy and later career moves. He also has kept the tools he...

What does it mean to be a Degree Apprentice AND an Economist at the Bank of England (BoE)? This episode I talk to Annabel Williamson about her role in the Climate Hub, Advertising about her apprenticeship in an honest way, how she knew she didn't want to go to university directly -- but still worried about needing a degree, and what its like working in such a prestigious institution. Apparently... NO PHOTOS ALLOWED! Annabel's Instagram Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram:...

What does it mean to be a degree apprentice and a network engineer? This week I speak to Zayn Azam about leaving school after GCSES, working up to a degree apprenticeship, dealing with customers across the world and demystifying what it means to be a Network Engineer! Oh! And dealing with equipment that is older than you are! Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram: @ontheladderpod Harvey Church's Links: links.hchurch.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is it like training to be a Paediatric Nurse ? Shannon O'Flanagan talks to me about training up, the effects of Covid-19 on the process, volunteering with St. John's Ambulance and her early education path that led her to want to study in the field of medicine. Website: footontheladderpodcast.com Instagram: @ontheladderpod Harvey Church's Links: links.hchurch.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Foot on the Ladder aims to show you different ways people have got their start, from those who are just getting started! Each episode will explore the history of its interviewee, and try and get to the heart of their career path, the challenges they've faced and some of the lessons they've learned so far. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.