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Training - Look at your Skills and Make Your Mark

training1.jpgInteresting fact – if women in the UK started businesses at the same rate as men, we would have 150,000 more businesses per annum. And how good would that be for the economy?

So what’s holding women back?  Perhaps it’s the lack of skills or dusty old qualifications?  Maybe a bad experience at school or work is enough to dissuade us from branching out and starting our own business.

The good news is there’s a plethora of advice and courses out there to help women entrepreneurs. Study has changed so much over the years - courses are now very tailored towards the workplace.

Business Link is a good starting point.  You will be given sound advice on running a business and from there it will be apparent if you need to sharpen your skills.  Their advisers can also let you know about any grants available.

Talking of money, you may be eligible for a Career Development Loan.  This can help pay for up to two years of work-related learning, or up to three of the course includes a year of practical work experience.

The key to funding your learning is to ASK, ASK, and ASK again.

Turn up at your local authority adult education centre and take a look at what’s on offer.  Find out about your local Chamber of Commerce and consider one of their courses.

Learn Direct has to take a huge slice of praise for turning around the training needs of many thousands, if not millions of women.  If this is your first forary into education after years in the wilderness, then Learn Direct could be

Award-winning enterprise Women Like Us very much works on the premise – “You Can Do It. We Can Help.” Although London-based, the innovative recruitment company offers brilliant advice through its website (see below).

The UK Women’s Enterprise Task Force is working hard to see an increase in the quantity and scalability of women’s enterprise.  We’re also impressed by the work being undertaken by Women in Rural Enterprise and Prowess.

If you wish to aim high – and why not – then try our old friends at the Open University.  Alternatively, contact your local university or further education college to see what’s on offer.  

Or you may wish to train for an apprenticeship.  And before you say it, apprenticeships are not just for teenagers.  There are no set requirements,  you just need to be living in England and not in full-time education. 

But whatever you decide to do; if it’s training or setting up your own business, make sure it’s something you want to do and it fits in with your lifestyle.

And – GOOD LUCK – let us know how you get on!
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