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The National Skills Academy for Retail
Mary Portas
Vocational Training and Apprenticeship Programmes
World Host Customer Service Training
Executive Careers Network

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Skill Centre Bucks @ a glance

Helping Individuals:
Improve career prospects,
Get back to work,
Prepare for new job market opportunities,
Increase potential earnings,
Develop the skills to run
your own business.

Helping Organisations:
Identify skills gaps,
Improve work force skills,
Select and recruit new
employees,
Source new skills for new
market opportunities,
Increase revenue and
efficiencies by developing
a proactive skills strategy.

Groups

Partners

Members

  • Caroline Eliot-Laize
  • Neil Martin
  • Neil Marshment
  • Richard Guy James
  • Barry Neilsen
  • Simon Fraser
  • Skills Centre Bucks Network
  • Skills Centre Admin
  • David Powell
  • Douglas Percival
  • Naheed Rashied
  • Alan Hester
 

Events

February 3

Friday

February 10

Friday

Welcome to Skills Centre Bucks

Skills Centre Bucks was established by Wycombe District Council in 2008 to allow residents to benefit from the new range of jobs and career opportunities brought by the new Eden Shopping Centre and subsequent large developments in the town. We now provide a wide range of services for both local people and companies with the aim to maximise prosperity and regeneration in the district. If you are interested in finding out more please contact us and do sign-up to our website.

Click Satbir's photo below to see a video of Satbir talking about the Skills Centre and its development. 

Forum

Skills Centre Bucks Network

Could a 'Made in Wycombe' brand help create new jobs?

 Made in Wycombe is a new brand designed to promote inward investment, trade and jobs in Wycombe District and is a joint…Continue

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The Games People Play - An Introduction to Transactional Analysis at Little Market House

February 17, 2012 from 8:30am to 1pm
Transactional Analysis (TA) is a way of understanding and managing the interaction between people and helping us to recognise our own behaviour patterns. The objectives of the session will be:1. To think about the results we get from our own interactions and whether we are happy with them2. To identify any useful changes we can make to how we approach 'difficult' people or situations to get the results we want3. To understand some of the motivations of 'game-players' (sometimes even including…See More
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Writing Your Way To Your Next Position at Little Market House

March 2, 2012 from 8:30am to 1pm
In this session Alan will work with you to identify the essentials and pitfalls of written approaches to potential employers. Please bring with you any examples of written communications or identify 'targets' you want to aim some well-chosen words at to influence them to follow up your initial approach. We will look at the full range of written approaches including covering letters, CVs, speculative approaches, emails, LinkedIn messages and applications.See More
Neil Martin is attending Alan Hester's event 23 hours ago
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ECN Networking and Training Session at Littlemarket House

February 10, 2012 from 10:30am to 2pm
PLEASE NOTE: Today's session will start at 10.30 as ECN and Skills Centre staff will be at the Apprenticeship presentation in Marlow first thing.Mike will be hosting the session today and will be giving others to step into the interviewee/sellers chair. The last session was great fun but we only covered four people. So please volunteer, via email too, to step into the hot seat. Interviewers/Buyers also needed. This is a great opportunity to test your skills in a non threatening and supportive…See More
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ECN Networking and Training Session at Littlemarket House

February 10, 2012 from 10:30am to 2pm
PLEASE NOTE: Today's session will start at 10.30 as ECN and Skills Centre staff will be at the Apprenticeship presentation in Marlow first thing.Mike will be hosting the session today and will be giving others to step into the interviewee/sellers chair. The last session was great fun but we only covered four people. So please volunteer, via email too, to step into the hot seat. Interviewers/Buyers also needed. This is a great opportunity to test your skills in a non threatening and supportive…See More
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Communication and Influencing at Little Market House

January 27, 2012 from 8:30am to 1pm
Everything we achieve is influenced by our relationships with and impact on other people. This is equally true of our personal and professional lives and has an important part to play in any contacts we make during the process of changing careers, starting a business or extending our professional networks. In this session, Alan will take you through a range of communication and influencing behaviours including first impressions, body language, facilitative questioning and active listening. We…See More
Russell Dowling, Matilda Ruhle, Colin Matthews and another member are attending Alan Hester's event Thursday
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1:1 sessions at Little Market House

February 3, 2012 from 9am to 3pm
This week it's 1 to 1 meetings so there will not be a general networking session.To book your session with Mike or Alan please call Carole on 01494 888080If you are a current member of the Executive Careers Network you are required to have a 1 to 1 meeting as part of the service.Please come prepared with a profile update includingCurrent Status?Career Strategy?30 Day Plan?90 Day Plan?Your interest in placements with local organisations or projects?How ECN can help?You can update these elements…See More
Matilda Ruhle is attending Alan Hester's event Thursday
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Apprentice Business Breakfast being held at the Compleat Angler in Marlow Friday 10 February at Compleat Angler

February 10, 2012 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
A business Breakfast apprenticeship briefing being held on Friday 10 February at theCompleat Angler in Marlow (organised by the Skills Centre and supported by the FSB) promoting the business benefits of the National Apprenticeship Scheme. If you are ambitious business owner you would do well to come along and find out what the Scheme can offer to achieve coninuing business success. For further details: www.skillscentrebucks.co.uk For full…See More
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