{"id":101,"date":"2017-09-04T15:29:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T14:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=101"},"modified":"2018-04-03T18:25:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:25:14","slug":"new-to-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2017\/09\/04\/new-to-procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"New to procurement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/09\/PPoT-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/09\/PPoT-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/09\/PPoT.jpg 567w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/>Are you new to procurement or training with a procurement career\u00a0in mind? Then take part in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.co.uk\/r\/YPZ976S\">national Procurement People of Tomorrow (PPoT) survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.co.uk\/r\/YPZ976S\">Complete the survey<\/a> and you will receive free entry to the 13th National Procurement Conference at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.procurexlive.co.uk\/scotland\/\">Procurex 2017<\/a> \u2013 just make sure you enter your email address. Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you&#8217;d like to see from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/Capability\/procpploftomo2014\">PPoT<\/a> at this year&#8217;s\u00a0Procurex &#8211; the survey results will help inform our breakout session.<\/p>\n<p>You should complete the survey if you are any of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a procurement Modern Apprentice<\/li>\n<li>a procurement graduate<\/li>\n<li>a Modern Apprentice in a procurement position (for example a Business MA in a procurement department)<\/li>\n<li>a graduate in a procurement position (for example a business graduate scheme in a procurement department)<\/li>\n<li>a graduate in a procurement internship \/ Modern Apprenticeship<\/li>\n<li>a procurement intern<\/li>\n<li>new entrant to procurement (within 1-3 years)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take part in the Procurement People of Tomorrow survey and go to the 13th National Procurement Conference for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,15],"tags":[44,43,40,21,42,17,41],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-procurement-people-of-tomorrow","category-procurex","tag-graduate","tag-modern-apprenticeships","tag-ppot","tag-procurement-people-of-tomorrow","tag-procurex-2017","tag-procurex-scotland","tag-survey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New to procurement? 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