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Career change | 3 ways to be confident in your search
Making a career change can be daunting, but it's something that many people consider at various stages of their career journey. You may have recognised that the path you’ve chosen is not the one for you, but it's important to remember that you're not alone in this....
The Social Mobility Careers Fair 2021: here’s what you missed
On the 6th and 7th of October, we hosted our 8th annual Social Mobility Careers Fair, which for the second consecutive year took place online. This year’s event was supported by finance and stock exchange firm, CMC Markets and the associated charity, The Peter Cruddas...
How Climate Change is Affecting the Job Market
As you may be aware, we’ve kept ourselves busy with masterclasses this past year. We’ve had the pleasure of meeting many (and varied) professionals that have provided our young people with the skills needed to succeed. You can read more about the different...
What We Learnt This Month
Over the past month, we have had two incredible masterclass sessions that have given insight into some fantastic industries. Our first of the two was with The Guild of Human Resources Professionals where we were joined by Lex Verweij – Director at Capgemini Invent,...
Celebrating National Careers Week
Our mission at Making The Leap is to support young people from socially diverse backgrounds, in their journeys to accessing great careers. This year we launched our very first Virtual Work Experience in schools in partnership with Kraft-Heinz and we were extremely...
Getting Hired – A Masterclass
Last week, we at MTL, hosted another masterclass session on ‘Getting Hired’. We were joined by Conor Boden, a Senior Board-Level Talent Advisor, who explored how to make the most of your job search and what tools to implement. Conor started the masterclass by...
Time To Talk
Our first masterclass of 2021 was on ‘Demystifying Well-being and Mental Health’, expertly delivered by our Making The Leap in-house counsellor, Lillie Stoute. Lillie is a drama-therapist (art psychotherapist). She has worked in social care for over 30 years in a...
October was for ‘Overcoming Obstacles’…
In October, we had incredible masterclass sessions from two exciting industries – Technology and Journalism. First, our Fellows and Associates were given an up-close look into the world of Technology by employees of multimedia messaging app, Snapchat. Members of the...
The Social Mobility Virtual Careers Fair 2020
By Saida Mahamed Digital Communications Officer Last week saw our seventh annual Social Mobility Careers Fair. Usually held at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, due to COVID, this year we moved it to a virtual platform. The employers we had presenting...