AN APPRENTICE from Coventry has helped Amazon celebrate the 10th anniversary of its apprenticeship programme.
Amazon partnered with careers development platform Apprentice Nation to host an exclusive one-off gig featuring singer-songwriter Cat Burns.
Since the launch of the programme in 2013, there have been 5,000 Amazon apprenticeships offered. The vast majority (85 per cent) of employees who completed their apprenticeships have gone on to build successful careers in the company.
Currently, 79 per cent remain at the firm today.
In a recent YouGov survey, commissioned by Amazon, 84 per cent of parents in the West Midlands said they believed an apprenticeship would provide their child with a good chance of getting a permanent job, with 79 per cent of them also agreeing that an apprenticeship provided good earnings potential.
Coventry’s Beril Uzun is one of 1,600 apprentices taking part in the Amazon Apprenticeship programme.
She currently works at the city’s Amazon receive centre and is the team lead.
She is studying an Operations Management apprenticeship through the Amazon Apprenticeship programme.
Beril did not know what she wanted to do when she left school – whether to go into higher education or get a full-time job.
She had five different university offers but chose the apprenticeship programme as it seemed like an interesting alternative to her.
She was able to get on-the-job experience and a university degree at the same time.
Beril started the apprenticeship in 2022 and is due to complete the course in 2024, when she plans to start a Chartered Management degree apprenticeship.
She said she loved the rotation of her role.
“I’ve rotated through six departments across the fulfilment centre since September 2022 and have gained a great understanding of the different roles and challenges that each department faces.
“I’m also getting paid for my time while learning and getting my degree – what could be better.”
She urged people thinking about apprenticeships to do their research and check out Amazon which, she said, ‘offered every role people could imagine’.
Visit apprenticenation.co.uk for more.
