Jo Abergel, Gibraltar CIPD Branch Committee Member, and Charlene Figueras, qualified social and youth worker, with 20 years of experience working with youth and now part of the senior management team at Gibraltar’s Youth Service, talk to Selwyn Figueras regarding their work on the launch of a new website www.careers.gi, a collaboration between the CIPD – funded as part of the One Million Chances Campaign – and the Gibraltar Youth Service.
With businesses collectively struggling to find candidates with the required skill set locally, with more and more young workers moving away to gain employment, the online resource aims to connect with young people at a grassroots level to increase awareness of what careers are on offer in Gibraltar, what the different career paths available are (many more than they may realise!) and to ultimately maximise the local talent pool which both employees employers can access and benefit from.
The podcast provides an overview of what the website will include; inspiring interviews with workers from all sectors, and from all qualification backgrounds, within Gibraltar, advice on the sectors where there is a high demand for skilled professionals - and the skill set needed for those roles; what options there are for further education (without heading overseas) and much more!
The launch date of the website is Tuesday 27th June. Any businesses or industry bodies interested in getting involved regarding interviews or contributing other content can contact one of the team, Jo Abergel, Charlene Figueras, Jamie Napoli and Katharine Banbury on careers.gibraltar@gmail.com.
A brilliant initiative and we can't wait to take a look in a few weeks time.