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The Learning Shop is a unique partnership between the Department For Work and Pensions, North Kent College and Bluewater, and is the only centre of its kind in the North Kent region.
Established in 1999 and focusing on employability within the local community, The Learning Shop delivers a wide range of services including professional training for schools, colleges, businesses and individuals, employment support, business solutions and the ONLY official Bluewater jobsite, processing around 7,000 job applications each year with over 350 newly registered job seekers on the website.
The Learning Shop team pride themselves in consistently delivering unique training programmes including employability training, CSCS for CSCS cards, visual merchandising, Bridge The Gap (between education and employment) and bespoke customer service training for businesses.
Their advisors also offer support with CV writing and interview techniques, supporting customers to secure a job in retail and hospitality, having delivered over 300 CV workshops, trained 150 candidates for their CSCS cards and 250 in retail skills and employability.
The Learning Shop have supported over 100 North Kent College students into work, and a further 100 from years 10 – 13 from local schools.
Furthermore, The Learning Shop helps and supports Bluewater’s job fairs, securing 50 employers with around 2,000 job seekers on the day filling over 500 vacancies.
To find out more about what The Learning Shop can offer you can visit their website here.
The Learning Shop is open five days a week.
Opening times
Mon - Fri, 9:00am - 5:30pm
Address
The Learning Shop
The Village
Bluewater
Greenhithe
DA9 9SE
Tel - 01322 624455
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Website - www.learningshopbluewater.co.uk
Instagram - @UKLearningShop
Twitter - @UKLearningShop
Facebook - UKLearningShop