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Why I joined the Fast Track: Jack Gascoyne

Posted by: Jack Gascoyne, Posted on: 25 August 2015 - Categories: Fast Track Apprenticeships
Jack Gascoyne

Jack Gascoyne tells how he made the "surreal" transition from pizza-eating sofa-jockey to mortgage-holding Executive Officer at DfE, thanks to the Fast Track Apprenticeship scheme.

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Why I joined the Fast Track: Sean Nolan

Posted by: Fast Track Apprenticeship team, Posted on: 24 August 2015 - Categories: Fast Track Apprenticeships
Sean Nolan, Efficiency Reform Group

Why go to university when you can earn as you learn on a Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship? Still not convinced? The Cabinet Office's Sean Nolan tells us why else he chose the scheme.

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Why I joined the Fast Track: Annie J Hearn

Posted by: Fast Track Apprenticeship team and Annie Hearn, Posted on: 11 August 2015 - Categories: Fast Track Apprenticeships
Screenshot of Annie talking to camera

What can an apprenticeship offer you? Annie Hearn, a Communications Assistant in Cabinet Office Press Office tells us why she joined the scheme and the variety of work on offer to apprentices.

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A day in the life: Fast Track Apprentice Katie Lambert

Posted by: Fast Track Apprenticeship team, Posted on: 24 March 2015 - Categories: Fast Track Apprenticeships
A day in the life of Fast Track Apprentice Katie Lambert

Katie Lambert is Diary Secretary to the Government Chief Whip based in 9 Downing Street. She tells us about life as a Fast Track Apprentice.

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A day in the life: Fast Track Apprentice Chantelle Gillam

Posted by: Fast Track Apprenticeship team, Posted on: 23 March 2015 - Categories: Fast Track Apprenticeships
Chantelle Gillam

Chantelle Gillam talks about life as a Fast Track apprentice in HMRC's Human Resources team.

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A day in the life: Fast Track apprentice Laurissa Miles

Posted by: Fast Track Apprenticeship team, Posted on: 19 March 2015 - Categories: Fast Track Apprenticeships
A day in the life: Fast Track Apprentice Laurissa Miles

Fast Track apprentice Laurissa Miles talks about working as Directorate Business Manager in the Labour Market Directorate at Business innovation and skills.

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The benefits of being an apprentice in the Civil Service

Posted by: Kelly Dunlea, Posted on: 23 October 2013 - Categories: Fast Track Apprenticeships

My route into the Civil Service was not your typical one. I started at 21 as an apprentice, and now two years later I am PA to Alex Aiken, Executive...

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