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ABTA Lifeline helps travel employees switch to careers outside the industry
ABTA Lifeline has partnered with People 1st International employment agency to help colleagues affected by Covid-19 to find new roles outside the travel industry.
People 1st said companies in other sectors, including social care, logistics, retail and funeral care are seeking the skills travel colleagues possess.
ABTA said that by partnering with People 1st it was giving colleagues in the travel industry a chance to use their transferable skills in another sector.
Those who sign up for the service will undergo a self-assessment to help align them to potential industries and roles and build a profile which will be used to promote their expertise to recruiting employers.
They will have a dedicated 1:1 session with a member of the People 1st team who will advise them on the most appropriate learning package to take and begin matching them to available roles.
The redeployment service costs £50 to register, which may be reimbursed upon employment or candidates can apply to ABTA LifeLine for help if they are financially struggling. They can also apply to LifeLine for additional support including a crisis grant, debt and benefit advice and mental health and wellbeing support.
ABTA LifeLine’s Director Trudie Clements said: "We are delighted to be working with People 1st International, providing travel colleagues a brilliant opportunity to use their highly valued, transferable skills and be matched to a different sector which is actively hiring. Whether colleagues are looking for a career change or simply to bridge the gap until travel opens again, this scheme will help our people at a most challenging time."
People 1st International’s UK Director Sandra Kelly said: "We’re proud to be working in partnership with ABTA LifeLine to support people across the sector and help redeploy them into industries looking for staff as efficiently as possible, for as long as the disruption impacts vacancies.
"Travel sector employees have especially valuable skills in areas such as planning and logistics, complex problem solving and going above and beyond to meet customer expectations.
"We’re seeing a host of job opportunities opening up in industries where transferable skills are high in demand and we’re keen to help place motivated and passionate professionals with employers seeking complementary values."
To access the service visit https://www.abtalifeline.org.uk/redundancy
Linsey McNeill
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