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Jim Carrick-Birtwell

Jim Carrick-Birtwell, co-founder of Changeboard, was appointed as the CEO of plotr, a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, in April 2013. He was previously a Partner for at the SR Group, a specialist recruitment company that includes brands such as Frazer Jones and Taylor Root. Jim is passionate about helping organisations close the skills gap and empowering young people so that they have access to the tools needed to make more informed decisions about their education and career choices.  
Picture of Jim Carrick-Birtwell

Jim Carrick-Birtwell

Jim Carrick-Birtwell, co-founder of Changeboard, was appointed as the CEO of plotr, a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, in April 2013. He was previously a Partner for at the SR Group, a specialist recruitment company that includes brands such as Frazer Jones and Taylor Root. Jim is passionate about helping organisations close the skills gap and empowering young people so that they have access to the tools needed to make more informed decisions about their education and career choices.  

10 Things About Work I Wish I Had Been Told

It always amazes me the stories I hear about people who are new to the world of work. The guys with jeans around the back of their thighs, the girls not dressed much better, headphones plugged in while they eat breakfast and gulp down an entire can of energy drink to get over their heavy night. “Waddup?!” Well I guess at least this demonstrates that they can multi-task! Now, I’m reliably informed that this greeting is actually a concern for how my morning is going. But it doesn’t quite have the same empathy as “Morning, Jim. How’s your day going?” One

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Who Says Girls Can’t Be Engineers?

Employers have been banging on about engineering — the shortage of engineers and lack of young people, particularly girls, studying STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) related subjects for a while now. So what is the current picture and do we need to be doing more to get young people excited about STEM subjects? What the research tells us… The number of school leavers choosing engineering courses and apprenticeships has not increased enough since last year, according to Engineering UK. This is worrying given engineering in this country needs 87,000 new graduates every year. 60% of all new jobs created need science,

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