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New Directions recently linked up with Cardiff and Vale College to support their ICT Level 1 students with work experience opportunities. The business worked with the college employability team to facilitate two opportunities for young people to gain experience of a working week in a busy office. Mehnaz Khan, Communications Assistant for New Directions took responsibility for supporting one of the students with a week in the busy marketing and communications department. Speaking of the…
Leading recruitment and training firm New Directions has had two of its employees shortlisted for this year’s Leading Wales Awards. This is the second successive year the business has had team members through to the final stages. The Awards, now in their ninth year recognise those individuals across Wales whose leadership really makes a difference. This year sees Sarah Blackmore, Head of Social Care and Leah Seltzer, Head of Compliance shortlisted for the Team Leader…
On Friday the 12th of April 2013 the New Directions Social Care team attended the Welsh Women’s Aid black tie gala event. The team got suited and booted for an evening of fun which included a raffle, a charity auction and entertainment. The annual black tie gala was held at the Vale hotel and resort, to raise money for the Welsh women’s aid charity. New Directions Social Care has worked closely with the charity for…
The Home Office has announced that job applicants will no longer have to be confronted by elements of their criminal past being exposed to employers. For individuals applying for posts in England and Wales, minor cautions and convictions will no longer be listed as part of the check. This announcement follows a ruling in January by the Court of Appeal who argued that blanket checks did not comply with human rights laws. The ruling suggests…
This week is National Apprenticeship Week 2013. This is the sixth time the event has taken place to celebrate the achievements of both Apprentices and their employers. This year New Directions employed their very first Apprentice in the shape of Melissa Hale. She is undertaking a Level 2 Apprenticeship in Business Administration, working as HR Administrator in the companies head office in Cardiff. Read more about Melissa’s journey as New Direction’s first Apprentice here… How…
The New Directions Social Care team took to the streets of Cardiff for a second consecutive year to raise funds for Age Cymru. Kirsty Knowles and Ieuan Williams who heads up the Bids team assembled at St David’s Hall in the city centre to start shaking up a storm. Age Cymru is the largest charity working for elderly people in Wales. Every year the team host a Bobble Day fundraiser to raise further funds for…
On Tuesday 29th January 2013, the New Directions Social Care team were invited in to Barry's premier community radio station BRO Radio to discuss the recruitment and training offer from the team. Kirsty Knowles, Consultant for the team joined Geoff Selby, one of the radios most celebrated broadcasters. The pair had met a week earlier at a job fayre in Barry, where employers spoke with members of the public about vacancies in their business. Speaking…
New Directions associate Derek Tune has launched an innovative communication technique to help support victims of strokes and other debilitating illnesses. Single handed communication is a form of sign language that has been developed for those with restricted movement. Using only one hand, individuals can communicate to those around them about their needs. Derek, who has worked with New Directions for a number of years, developed the system after a near fatal vehicle crash in…
New Directions entered the 2012 ‘Hot 100’ list with Recruiter magazine for the very first time in the company’s history. The business who specialise in recruitment and training for the education, social care, domiciliary care and pharmaceutical sectors have been recognised by the recruitment industry magazine as a business committed to investment and expansion. 2012 has been quite a year for the business; which began life with Chairman Jeff Tune sleeping on an office floor…
On November 16th a remarkable Cardiff-based youth organisation will be responsible for one of the most ambitious fundraising events ever staged by a voluntary organisation to support the BBC Children in Need Appeal. Hybu Pobl Ifanc has brought together a choir of 1,000+ young voices – drawn from schools and colleges across South Wales, who are accompanied by an Orchestra from the Royal College of Music and Drama, to stage a concert in the Cardiff…