{"id":211,"date":"2014-09-11T13:35:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T13:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atgapprenticeships.com\/blog\/?p=211"},"modified":"2014-10-07T08:20:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T08:20:06","slug":"apprenticeships-gap-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atgapprenticeships.com\/blog\/apprenticeships-gap-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprenticeships and Gap Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atgapprenticeships.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Apprenticeship-Gap-Year.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-249\" src=\"http:\/\/atgapprenticeships.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Apprenticeship-Gap-Year-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Apprenticeship Gap Year\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atgapprenticeships.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Apprenticeship-Gap-Year-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atgapprenticeships.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Apprenticeship-Gap-Year.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Gap years are something that many young people consider after school, before they begin at university. There\u2019s no reason, however, that you can\u2019t take a gap year after school and then begin an Apprenticeship. If you\u2019ve decided that uni isn\u2019t for you and that you\u2019d like to find a position as an apprentice, you could take a gap year when you finish school, and then begin your search for an Apprenticeship vacancy. This is the clear difference between a gap year before uni and a gap year before an Apprenticeship. With universities you can apply for deferred entry \u2013 applying and securing a place to start your course after your gap year. This isn\u2019t possible with Apprenticeships \u2013 vacancies that employers are advertising are for job roles that they need to fill now, not in a year\u2019s time. Therefore, if you want to take a gap year first, you\u2019ll then need to start searching for Apprenticeship vacancies during or towards the end of your gap year.<\/p>\n<p>A gap year after school and before applying for an Apprenticeship can be a great opportunity to take a break before you begin full-time work and can also be a great opportunity to gain skills and experience that you can put on your CV and discuss at Apprenticeship interviews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gap years are something that many young people consider after school, before they begin at university. There\u2019s no reason, however, that you can\u2019t take a gap year after school and then begin an Apprenticeship. If you\u2019ve decided that uni isn\u2019t for you and that you\u2019d like to find a position as an apprentice, you could take a gap year when you finish school, and then begin your search for an Apprenticeship vacancy. This is the clear difference between a gap year before uni and a gap year before an Apprenticeship. With universities you can apply for deferred entry \u2013 applying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apprenticeships and Gap Years - Latest ATG Apprenticeships News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you considered a gap year before you start applying for apprenticeships? 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