Rising Stars

How personal skills training accelerates career progression

How personal skills training accelerates career progression

As the world of work changes, businesses are demanding improved personal skills from their employees. Here we learn about how these ‘soft’ skills, like resilience, communication and collaboration, are key to career advancement, and how the Rising Star Awards can help...

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Why you should apply for the Rising Star Awards

Why you should apply for the Rising Star Awards

As the applications for this year's awards open, we hear from some of our previous Rising Stars and their employers about how winning has helped them shine. The Printing Charity’s Rising Star Awards 2023 are now open for applications. The awards - the biggest...

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How to take charge of your career development

How to take charge of your career development

At the start of the year many people’s thoughts turn to career development, and how to get to where they what to go. To get this right, it’s important to take the time to think about your career and the goals you want to achieve. Then, our Rising Star Awards can...

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How to find what career skills you’re missing

How to find what career skills you’re missing

Upskilling is a great way to support your career development, and the Rising Star Awards can provide young people in print with grants of up to £1500 to help with that upskilling. However, it can be confusing to know where to start. To help, we’ve listed ways to find...

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How to attract and recruit the next generation of printers

How to attract and recruit the next generation of printers

Three of our Rising Star Award winners were invited to feature on Inkspire, the podcast for printers created by Tharstern, alongside Nicola Peacock, Relationship Manager at The Printing Charity. Tayler Regan, Victoria Blackwell, and Elsie Hargate joined host Ross...

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Telling the stories of the North

Telling the stories of the North

It’s Yorkshire Day, and to celebrate we spoke to Michael Crossland, Leeds based journalist and 2022 Rising Star, about how he got started in his career and why he is proud to be representing his industry in the North. ‘I wanted to become a journalist to tell people’s...

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2022 Rising Stars announced

2022 Rising Stars announced

The winners of our Rising Star Awards were recently celebrated at the House of Lords. Hosted by Lord Black of Brentwood, Deputy Chairman of the Telegraph Media Group and the charity’s President Emeritus, the event praised the achievements of the young winners and...

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2022 Rising Stars developing marketing skills

2022 Rising Stars developing marketing skills

These stars have all pursued a specialism in marketing, whether in print or publishing, working on promoting their services and products to target audiences. Thanks to the awards, they will all now be able to undertake professional training to further develop their...

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2022 Rising Stars in journalism

2022 Rising Stars in journalism

A challenging industry in which to flourish, these stars are establishing themselves as the next generation of journalists by investing in both core journalism skills training and equipment. Awardees will undertake training from trusted organisations to strengthen...

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