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Financial Wellbeing for Apprentices: How to Manage Your Money and Thrive
Starting an apprenticeship is an exciting step towards your future career. You're gaining hands-on experience, earning a wage, and learning new skills – all at the same time. But let’s be real: managing money as an apprentice can be tough. With a lower starting salary than a full-time job and the temptation to spend it on socia...
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How Apprenticeships Support Career Progression and Development
More Than Just a Job – How Apprenticeships Set You Up for Success When people think about apprenticeships, they often picture someone learning a trade, like an electrician or a plumber. But here’s the thing—apprenticeships are so much more than just a way to get your foot in the door. They’re a launchpad for long-term c...
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5 Ways to Manage Stress as an Apprentice
Being an apprentice can be one of the most rewarding experiences in your career journey. You’re learning practical skills, gaining valuable work experience, and earning money—all at the same time. However, it’s not without its challenges. The demands of balancing work, study, and personal life can sometimes feel overwhelming, lead...
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How Employers Can Support a Healthy Work-Life Balance for Apprentices
Often, we hear the buzzword phrase of Work-Life balance, and it can create that sinking feeling. Creating a healthy work-life balance is crucial for apprentices. They are balancing the demands of work, study, and their personal life. For many apprentices, this is their first experience in a full-time role while also working towards a qualification....
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4 Reasons Your Business Needs a Multi-Channel Marketer
In today’s fast-paced digital world, businesses have to be everywhere at once! Reaching your target audience is no longer as simple as running a newspaper ad or sending out flyers. Consumers engage with brands through multiple platforms such as social media and websites to email and SMS. As a result of this, businesses are required to a...
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A Guide to Staying Safe this Holiday Season
The holiday season is a time for celebration, gathering with loved ones, and enjoying the festive spirit. It’s a time to relax, have fun, and make memories. However, with all the excitement, it’s easy to forget the importance of staying safe, especially when it comes to drinking. Whether you’re attending office parties, family gat...
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Apprenticeship Guide for Employers: What You Need to Know Before Hiring an Apprentice
Hiring an apprentice can be a game-changer for your business. Not only do you get the chance to mould fresh talent to meet the specific needs of your company, but you also contribute to the growth and development of the future workforce. But where do you begin? What do you need to know before bringing an apprentice on board? In thi...
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5 Soft Skills Every Apprentice Needs
Soft skills are best described as people skills. Hard skills are the skills that can be demonstratable and trained in. An assumption is that hard skills are all that matters, but soft skills are equally if not more important. Within all our apprenticeships, we have behaviours we expect our apprentices to demonstrate. These behaviours are a core par...
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Guide to Work from Home Wellbeing
Workplace wellbeing has become a hot topic and with the rise of people working from home so has work from home wellbeing. Working from home is amazing and comes with many benefits such as no commuting and being able to have a better work life balance. Even though it comes with many benefits it also comes with challenges too. It’s import...
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How to Cope with Waiting for Exam Results
Waiting for exam results can feel like a lifetime and can be an anxious time. At IPS International, we understand the stress that comes with this time. Whether you’re a student who has just completed your exams or supporting someone through this journey, we’ve put together some practical tips to help ease the wait. 1. Don't Ove...
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How IPS International LTD is Supporting Youth Skills Development
It’s World Youth Skills Day and what better way to mark it than talking about IPS International’s contribution and commitment to Youth Skills. What is World Youth Skills Day? In 2014 the United Nations General Assembly declared July 15th as World Youth Skills Day. The day aims to celebrate the strategic importance ...
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Welcome to the new IPS Website
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new website just in time for National Careers Week Our website is designed to showcase who we are, what we do, and why you should choose us!With your feedback, we've created simple, signposted sections that guide employers and apprentices to learn about IPS and our values and e...