{"id":5152,"date":"2023-07-14T09:37:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T08:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=5152"},"modified":"2023-07-14T09:56:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T08:56:24","slug":"building-youth-skills-in-procurement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2023\/07\/14\/building-youth-skills-in-procurement-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Youth Skills in Procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>15 July is World Youth Skills Day!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re celebrating by hearing from an intern on their positive experience of using our Procurement People of Tomorrow (PPoT) \u2018Placement Pack\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5153 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/07\/Louis-PPoT-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"Student Louis Bruce holding the PPOT placement pack\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/07\/Louis-PPoT-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/07\/Louis-PPoT-1024x946.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/07\/Louis-PPoT-768x709.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/07\/Louis-PPoT-1536x1419.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/07\/Louis-PPoT-2048x1892.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/07\/Louis-PPoT-554x512.jpg 554w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/07\/Louis-PPoT-455x420.jpg 455w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/277;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Louis joined us through the Care Leavers Internship scheme and has already picked up a variety of skills from his time here:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve started on a career in commercial through the Procurement People of Tomorrow Programme. I joined through the Care Leavers Internship scheme, which has given me the opportunity to build my skill set and show my potential. I&#8217;ve been developing my project delivery, procurement and civil service skills, and contributing to my team&#8217;s success.\u201d &#8211; <strong>Louis, Scottish Government<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Louis is currently making his way through our PPoT placement pack, using the challenge-based material to support his autonomy and skills development in the procurement and supply chain space. The pack is freely available to all public, private and third-sector procurement functions in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We encourage any procurement functions to take our pack and use it to host placements and help develop our procurement people of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/procurement-people-tomorrow-placement-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out more about the placement pack and download your copy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have any queries or would like to know more about PPoT, please feel free to contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Scottishprocurement@gov.scot\">Scottishprocurement@gov.scot<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/procurement\">www.gov.scot\/procurement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please email enquiries to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:scottishprocurement@gov.scot\">scottishprocurement@gov.scot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us online:<\/p>\n<p><a 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