Retail Apprenticeships

Retail Apprenticeships | Supporting the retail industry with digital apprenticeships

Supporting the retail industry, with apprenticeships in:

Supporting the retail industry, with apprenticeships in:

Supporting the retail industry with digital apprenticeships:

NowSkills is proud to work alongside leading retail industry employers. Whilst we don’t offer specialist retail apprenticeships, our range of digital apprenticeships deliver positive new attitudes, skills and behaviours to the retail industry and ambitious sporting organisations.

We believe that the best forward-thinking retail organisations, who have already committed to retail apprenticeships to boost their organisational talent, can benefit from working in partnership with a specialist digital apprenticeship provider such as NowSkills, who can teach the latest digital skills, tools and techniques to ambitious digital apprentices who are keen to build a career in the retail industry.

As the retail industry adapts to global digital and technological transformation, IT and digital apprenticeships can now play a key role in developing new and existing talent within the growing retail industry. As  organisations continue on their digital journey, they can accelerate their understanding of, and adapt to, the evolving digital landscape by including digital apprenticeship learning programmes in their planning.

Retail organisations often have skills gaps in areas covered by NowSkills digital apprenticeships:

  • + Data Technicians and Data Analysts; where large quantities of data are analysed to produce reports on performance, trends or opportunities.
  • + Digital Marketers; where skills such as social media, image/video editing, email campaigns developing websites are essential to keep in touch with customers and stakeholders.
  • + Infrastructure Technicians and Network Engineers; where organisations have an established computer network, remote workers, security protocols, and where day-to-day IT administration and planning is required.
  • + Software Developers; where organisations develop or manage their own in-house applications, e-commerce platforms, or complex databases that connect with web apps or 3rd party software.
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Organisations may choose to enrol current employees onto a digital apprenticeship, or alternatively, they may need to recruit a new employee. If a new employee/digital apprentice is needed, NowSkills receives over 450 applications every month, from potential new apprentices who would potentially be very interested in a retail industry digital apprenticeship.

We are proud to work with leading employers:

Interested in retail apprenticeships?

NowSkills works with some leading retail organisations to provide digital apprenticeships, but we want to make it clear that we are not a retail apprenticeships provider. Therefore, if you are looking to hire a retail apprentice, we recommend contacting a retail apprenticeships specialist. However, if you are interested in enhancing your organisation’s IT capabilities, we offer first-class digital apprenticeship programmes. 

Is digital compatible with the retail industry?

It’s not just specifically IT-related businesses that can employ digital apprentices, for example, almost every employer, including organisations in the retail industry, has a relationship with technology, this may be through their website, social media, data analysis, finance teams, operations software or cyber security.

A large number of careers within the technology economy exist within traditionally non-digital sectors. NowSkills offers Digital Marketing, Software Development, Data Analysis, Business Analysis, and Network Engineering apprenticeships, which can all contribute to a retail organisation’s success.

We’re here to support you

At NowSkills, we’re here to support employers. Please contact our Employer Engagement Team using one of the following methods:

Phone: 0345 556 4170 or complete our contact form here.