WestKing hosts Employer Celebration and Networking Event

Work experience providers join Capital City College Group (CCCG) colleagues and students to celebrate another year of impactful placements.

On 2 July Westminster Kingsway College’s (WestKing) King’s Cross Centre welcomed a range of employers to celebrate their involvement in the college’s work experience programmes.

The Employer Celebration and Networking Event was attended by a varied list of WestKing’s work experience partners including:

• Wates Group
• Morgan Sindall Group
• Willmott Dixon
• Smartworks
• Dress for Success
• Street League
• Roundhouse Trust
• Camden Collective
• Stööki
• Peoples Place Community Partnerships (PPCP)

Carlo Liu, Head of Work Experience and T Level lead at CCCG, said: “We wanted to celebrate all our wonderful employer connections and thank them for supporting our students this year with impactful employability work placements and career insights.”

Rebecca Davies, Social Value Manager at Willmott Dixon, said: “Working with CCCG is a really big important part of what we do. […] Capital City College Group has got an amazing talent pool of young people that come from all across London.”

The event highlighted the importance of work experience opportunities and showcased the tangible benefits for students completing placements with the college’s industry partners.

Alfie Gillan recently completed a work experience placement that led to him being offered a permanent role at the end of his course. He said: “Whilst with Westminster Kingsway College, I did work experience at Wates where I was a Processing Assistant and I learnt how to process invoices. I learnt how to work in an office environment very well, get along with co-workers and I was involved in a Riverside Bid Group where we were bidding for a new contract with the council.”

Christina Byrne, Regional Social Value Manager at Wates, said: “Events like this are really important, particularly to employers and also to students and teachers. It gives everybody the opportunity to network and I always say to the students who come to do work experience that networking is really important because you could end up getting a job opportunity out of it.”

All full-time students at CCCG can take part in our excellent Work Experience programmes. We work with a variety of employers across London who provide professional placements to enhance students’ understanding of their chosen field.

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