www.glasgowchamberofcommerce.com 19 DYW GLASGOW


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he Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Glasgow team organised a calendar of events and activities designed


to allow those school pupils who were not on exam leave during the month of May to use the time before the end of the academic year to receive focused and practical employability skills development and industry awareness. We had 20 employers participating in delivering 38 events to more than 970 pupils and in the first week we saw seven events delivered to over 230 pupils. Activity was extended throughout June due to time constraints in schools with another three events, which meant that over 1100 pupils participated in activities. We wanted to ensure that as many pupils as possible could interact and receive face time with employers so they could ask the questions that matter to them or gain a more in-depth understanding of particular industries and roles than sometimes is possible at larger careers fayres and carousels. We decided that we would spread the


events out across the month with the majority being small, classroom-based workshops and site visits to employers’ premises. We had at least one DYW event held each day in May, with most days having several events running either concurrently or consecutively in schools across the city. Our Maximise May employers ranged from automotive training providers such as Bosch LAGTA, Allied Vehicles and Arnold Clark to hospitality and retail organisations such as McDonald’s UK and ALDI as well as multi-employer forums such as Scottish Women


in Technology, Glasgow Traditional Building Forum and Construction Scotland. Many of these organisations are new to DYW delivery in Glasgow schools and we are hopeful of developing longer-term relationships with them as they also use this window of opportunity to familiarise themselves with the machinations of the education system and develop a rapport with the young people and teaching staff.


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