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News Release from: Chartered Management Institute
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 29 October 2003
Gap year scheme to include management
skills
Year in Industry and the Chartered Management Institute have launched a scheme giving students the opportunity to develop management skills in a business environment.
Year in Industry, the UK's largest supplier of gap year work placements to the IT and engineering industries, has entered a partnership with the Chartered Management Institute giving students the opportunity to develop management skills in a business environment The partnership follows research by the Institute, which discovered that 49% of HR managers think graduates are increasingly less well prepared for the workplace
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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One-third of managers believe graduates have poor interpersonal skills, with diplomacy (64%) and team-working (39%) cited as key areas of concern.
Designed by the institute, the programme responds to management demands that graduates "hit the ground running".
It introduces gap year students, in full-time employment, to management skills teaching team leadership, information handling and project supervision techniques.
Successful participants will be awarded a Level 3 Certificate in Management.
"Organisations have high expectations of their graduates' preparedness for their professional roles.
However, many university leavers enter the marketplace without transferring classroom confidence into practical business skills.
By partnering with Year in Industry, the institute aims to link the needs of business with the drive for quality entrants into the UK job market", says Christine Hayhurst, Director of Professional Affairs at the Chartered Management Institute.
The institute's research also revealed that 67% of organisations offer work placement schemes.
Roy Bromley, National Director of Year in Industry added: "The attraction of a gap year has increased in recent years, helped considerably by the activities of public figures such as Prince Harry".
In 2002 almost 25,000 students applied for deferred university entry.
The figure for gap year applicants in 2003 is estimated to be more than 50,000.
Bromley adds: "Students are saying they want to broaden their horizons and enhance their CV.
Development programmes such as our link with the Chartered Management Institute make both opportunities possible.
The students will get the work experience they want and organisations will ultimately benefit from employing people with some experience of the business environment".
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