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A comprehensive study into the barriers faced by Aberdeen parents to employment, training, and job progression has been commissioned by ABZWorks.
Rocket Science will carry out the research at a city level, with a particular focus on parents of dependent children who face additional…
Parents and carers living in Aberdeen, who are unemployed or experiencing in-work poverty are being offered support to achieve their goal of getting a job, a better job, further education or training by ABZWorks, Aberdeen City Council’s Employability and Skills service.
Aberdeen City…
Aberdeen City Council stands ready to provide support to any of the Aberdeenshire-based Stewart Milne Group’s employees resident in Aberdeen following the announcement that the business is being wound up.
…Grass-roots organisations in Aberdeen have until noon on Friday 05 January 2024 to apply for financial help to deliver employability projects in the city.
The ABZWorks Development Fund will support activities for residents who face barriers to employment, with…
Individuals in custody at His Majesty’s Prison Service & Young Offenders Institute Grampian have been given a life-changing offer of employment after graduating from Scotland’s first prison-based ‘Greene King Training Academy’.
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Youth employment and the support available to businesses that employ young people will be the focus of a lunch-and-learn event open to Aberdeen employers later this month.
The Employer Session will give employers an…
‘Family-friendly working’ policies and the support available to businesses employing parents will be the focus of a lunch-and-learn event open to Aberdeen employers next month.
ABZWorks, Aberdeen City Council’s Employability and…
Hundreds of training places for people with barriers to employment have been created in Aberdeen in the latest stage of the ABZWorks employability activity.
Almost £500,000 worth of contracts have been let to public, private, and…
Efforts to support some of Aberdeen’s most vulnerable young people into education, training, and work have seen Aberdeen City Council’s ABZWorks employability service shortlisted for a national award.
Care experienced young people…
Councillors were this week updated on the positive effects Aberdeen City Council’s innovative Mental Health Action Plan is having on staff requiring support.
The…
The latest in a series of ABZWorks jobs fairs will take place in Aberdeen next week (Tuesday 20 June) as part of ongoing efforts to support people into employment.
The ABZWorks Job Fair at Aberdeen Beach Ballroom, from 10am until 4pm…
The arrival of refugees and displaced people in Aberdeen because of war and violence in their home countries triggered a massive employability response by Aberdeen City Council and partner agencies.
A new report, detailing the steps taken to…