One of the most Googled Transport for London (TfL)-related questions is "How to become a Tube driver?"

The answer is simple but the process to actually step into the cab and whizz through London's tunnels is notoriously difficult.

The Department for Education recently announced investment of up to £10m to create new Skills Bootcamps to train up to 5,000 people to become HGV drivers. People can also train through courses accessed locally and funded by the Government’s Adult Education Budget (AEB). The move will help tackle skills shortages and support more people to launch new careers within the logistics sector.

Skills Bootcamps offer free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks for adults aged 19 or over and who are either in work or recently unemployed. Some Skills Bootcamps have additional eligibility criterias. They give people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with a local employer. Skills Bootcamps in HGV driving are due to be added to the list in November.

Find out more about how to become an HGV driver here - https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2021/09/30/how-can-itrain-to-become-an-hgv-driver-your-questions-answered/

The National Health Service is the top recruiter across all boroughs in London with Professional Occupations (Health Professionals) and Elementary Occupations (Administration and Service Occupations) dominating vacancies. Did you know that there are over 350 different careers in the NHS and over 36,000 nursing vacancies in the UK?

Job vacancies are at a record high, rising to 1.17 million in the three months to October.

Latest figures also show the number of workers on payrolls jumped by 160,000 in October, despite the end of the furlough scheme.

November has seen almost a quarter of workers actively planning to change employers within the next few months, with many planning to resign due to burnout caused by the pandemic.

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