Meet the Mancunian - Talking supporting careers for the youth with Jane Wells
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A warm Mancunian welcome to all my listeners. Presenting Season 6, Episode 9 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #GM #manchester #careers #youth #socialimpact #nonprofit #employability. I'm Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe, your friendly host. In the ninth episode, the Meet the Mancunian podcast talks to Jane Wells [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjanewells/], Enterprise Coordinator, part of the Youth Employment and Opportunities team at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority [https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/]. Jane talks about supporting schools and colleges in Greater Manchester to strategically improve their careers education provision in line with the national framework of best practice so that young people are making better and more informed choices at key transition points. Jane also talks about bridging the gap between industry and education by bringing in industry volunteers to collaborate with schools to design their career strategy, programmes and activities. This allows school career offerings to be informed by the needs of industry highlighting within education the jobs of the future. She talks about this broadening the kinds of jobs young people are exposed to. Did you know: · Young people and their families in Greater Manchester can find out about the careers and apprentice opportunities online on the career hub www.gmacs.co.uk [https://gmacs.co.uk/]. · If you work in a company, you can consider supporting young people by sharing your experience and job at a nearby school or college. This helps young people get exposed to a variety of career paths. Time stamps of key moments in the podcast episode & transcript: 00:03:31 sharing her passion for supporting the youth 00:04:33 introducing the Youth Employment and Opportunities team 00:06:10 bridging the gap between industry and education 00:0759 some of the challenges she has had to overcome 00:13:43 the impact she has made Listen to the episode and read the transcript on www.meetthemancunian.co.uk [http://www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/]
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