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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’.

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…

A Jobs Fair specifically for people with disabilities will be held in Aberdeen next week. 

The ABZWorks event, delivered in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions, aims to support people with a range of disabilities, both hidden and visible, into work.  

 

Aberdeen City Council has been hailed by a Scottish Government body for helping support young people into the job market.

 

The authority received a…

Employers and workers are being invited to celebrate disabled workers at a special free event hosted by Aberdeen City Council later this month.  

Aberdeen City Council is progressing its plans to equip and develop their workforce of the future. 

Last week the Staff Governance Committee welcomed the overarching plan for delivery of its approved workforce strategy – part of the Target Operating Model (TOM) 1.2 – and for…