Manx graduates offered help to become employable

New training programme funded by ERG

Unemployed Manx graduates are being offered the chance to make themselves more employable.

The Department for Enterprise has launched an employability training programme which is being funded by the Economic Recovery Group.

It will cover skills including customer services, relationship management, social media engagement, search engine optimisation and GDPR.

Twenty places will be available on the first free two week course which will start on 6 September.

Training will be delivered by the End2endacademy - an Island based accredited training provider.

Treasury Minister Alfred Cannan said: "The Graduate Employability Training Programme's content was designed following direct consultation with Isle of Man businesses through stakeholder workshops and surveys delivered through the Chamber of Commerce - as well as direct discussions with a number of employers on the wide range of skills they look for when hiring to ensure our graduates are taught all the necessary skills to excel in the workplace.

"The aim of the course is to equip recent graduates with knowledge which will support them as they enter the job market and to support SMEs who are able to utilise this broad range of skills that they otherwise would not hire for exclusively."

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