{"id":921,"date":"2019-01-17T10:54:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T10:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=921"},"modified":"2021-05-06T11:28:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T10:28:59","slug":"sarahs-procurement-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/01\/17\/sarahs-procurement-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah&#8217;s procurement journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Sarah&#039;s Procurement Journey\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/527354049?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Are you a young person who has been thinking about a career in procurement? Perhaps you&#8217;ve been wondering what it&#8217;s like to work in Scottish Government? Or maybe you are weighing up applying for a Modern Apprenticeship?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pWk2QAN-_ss\">Sarah Pagan has come a long way<\/a>. She joined our organisation through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apprenticeships.scot\/\">Modern Apprenticeship<\/a> programme and is now a Portfolio Officer within the Procurement, Contract Management and Capability team.<\/p>\n<p>We sat down with Sarah so she could tell us her story in her own words. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pWk2QAN-_ss\">Watch her video<\/a> and get a unique insight into what it\u2019s like to be part of the Scottish Procurement family.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about a career in procurement, get in touch with <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/Capability\/procpploftomo2014\">Procurement People of Tomorrow<\/a> by emailing Rachael Hughes at <a href=\"mailto:rachael.hughes@gov.scot\">rachael.hughes@gov.scot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Been thinking about a career in procurement? 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