Apprenticeships not just for boys

[doodab]

Not what I want for my daughter thanks.

Would you prefer she was a shop floor greasemonkey fixing injection moulding machines?

[mudskipper]

Anyway some of the large accounting firms are taking on apprentices - 18 year olds with good A levels.

Was chatting to one of the firms at ms#5's career evening. The 18 year olds do the same accountancy quals as the graduates, but over a longer period. Sounds like a very attractive alternative to uni and £50K debt.

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Was chatting to one of the firms at ms#5's career evening. The 18 year olds do the same accountancy quals as the graduates, but over a longer period. Sounds like a very attractive alternative to uni and £50K debt.

5!!

Are you a catholic?

[Halo Jones]

I did an “apprenticeship”: worked full time whilst doing my degree on day release, all company funded.

There are more women in construction these days, in the past 9 years I have only had 3 or so comments about my gender on site: building sites are less sexist than the high street on a Friday night.

[mudskipper]

5!!

Are you a suity?

FTFY

1 = me, 2 = Mr ms
3 kids.

[mudskipper]

I did an “apprenticeship”: worked full time whilst doing my degree on day release, all company funded.

There are more women in construction these days, in the past 9 years I have only had 3 or so comments about my gender on site: building sites are less sexist than the high street on a Friday night.

I did similar, although it wasn't called an apprenticeship. Started work at 17, did day release for HND.

[doodab]

I started work on the market when I was 14, and I can still sell cauliflowers 2 for a pound to unsuspecting old ladies who didn't actually want a cauliflower at all, a skill that has served me well when selling the benefits of working from home to reluctant clients.

[mudskipper]

I started work on the market when I was 14, and I can still sell cauliflowers 2 for a pound to unsuspecting old ladies who didn't actually want a cauliflower at all, a skill that has served me well when selling the benefits of working from home to reluctant clients.

I'll have two please.

[eek]

Was chatting to one of the firms at ms#5's career evening. The 18 year olds do the same accountancy quals as the graduates, but over a longer period. Sounds like a very attractive alternative to uni and £50K debt.

from one of the accountancy schemes I saw I think a degree was also included.

If I was 18 at the moment I would be moving everything to get on one of those schemes rather than uni as you would end up at least £80k better off.

[mudskipper]

from one of the accountancy schemes I saw I think a degree was also included.

If I was 18 at the moment I would be moving everything to get on one of those schemes rather than uni as you would end up at least £80k better off.

Assuming you want to be an accountant...

They would own your soul.