In short, a roller coaster of work and opportunities!
A new Growing Talent kicked off with 12 people. Kaith had to leave due to personal issues. Jess left due to family illness and Sinead left because she felt the agency work she was used to suited her better than fulltime work.
Now down to the fabulous nine! At Harrow Green,five remained working in different roles – each with diverse tasks and responsibilities. Maxine has ween working as a Moveware Assistant with Caroline her manager. Moveware is a bespoke relocation software used extensively in the industry. Maxine has already traveled to lots of locations from warehouses to army bases across the UK to ensure the logging and tracking of assets was accurate. She had a visit from the software designer who was really impressed on how quickly she had picked it up. Due to finish Growing Talent on 24 April, she has so impressed the team and management at Harrow Green they are employing her from 1 April. ‘I’m so excited about starting my first full-time job’ said a very enthused Maxine!
Maxine, front row left.
Also joining Harrow Green early on 27 March are:
Selwyn – ex bus driver of over 20 years! – logistics driver
Michael – graduate of game design – operations support
Joshua – graduate sports science – Multi-Skilled Ops
Daoud – Multi Skilled Ops
All were surprised they enjoyed their roles with Harrow Green on the Growing Talent programme so much. None would have thought of the industry or roles as areas they would start their careers in. It just shows the benefits of opening your mind and taking a chance!
It’s award entry time! Growing Talent has ….. well grown….. in such as short time. From nothing to having a robust course framework with three manuals, an audit trail, mentoring programme, website – produced brilliantly by Shine Design of Putney to social media presence, we thought it time to let the world know about it. Well, London anyway!
An entry has been written and uploaded – such a good feeling hitting that ‘submit’ button! – to Race for Opportunity and CIPD’s Marketing Awards. I’m now working on the ENEI (Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion) and possibly a BIFM (British Institute of Facilities Management) I’m so looking forward to May when all entry dates are closed!!!
Awards are great for exposure and networking. The glass trophies are nice to have too!
In addition, I’m planning some more bespoke mental health workshops. It’s empowering sharing knowledge with busy managers which will help them operate their teams more productively. The best byproduct of this, for me, is the raising of awareness amongst the delegates themselves which I know will spread into their personal as well as work lives.
On top of designing these courses, I’ve also been lucky to network this week with some leading names in the world of business and charity. This has led to some potentially interesting ‘seed’ ideas. More over the next few months!
It often only needs a warm smile and ‘hello’ to start human interaction. Let’s do more of it.
You can read more about Growing Talent at http://www.growing-talent.co.uk
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