A leg up on the career ladder

By Sarah Gullo

12 July 2010

A group of unemployed Tower Hamlets young people have a brighter future after completing the SkillsLadder programme.

Thanks to the help they received from the council’s job brokerage service Skillsmatch and Pitman trainers Love Tate, the 16 graduates have now taken up work placements with potential employers, including  the Independent Police Complaints Commission and East End Homes.

John Reid, senior consultant at Love  Tate, congratulated the group.

“All the students deserve their success.They are great ambassadors not only for Skillsmatch/Pitman and Love Tate, but for the whole of the borough,” he said

“Our partnership is measured in the success of the students who take part.

“With the right skills, motivation and opportunity our students prove themselves again and again.”

Skillsmatch regularly runs training programmes to help the borough’s unemployed, and over the past year more than 150 people have found jobs thanks to the service.

For more information on the training programmes and employment help available, call Skillsmatch on 73643727.