# Employment --- Over the first 9 weeks of the programme, we will be working on three separate topics, but from Week 9, our focus will shift to meeting employers and preparing for interviews. --- After the meeting an employer at a Q&A session, they will set you some initial non-technical screening questions and a take-home challenge. After submitting the responses, the employer may invite you to interview. --- Interviews will take place in the final month of the programme (and beyond). We will aim to ensure interviews (at least one, probably more) for everyone. --- After interviews, the employer may make one or more apprenticeship offers. You are under no obligation to accept an offer. --- If you accept an offer, your apprenticeship will officially begin at the start of next term with a 12-week full-time training programme. --- If you do not receive an apprenticeship offer, you can apply to continue on the programme on an unapprenticed basis. --- ## The apprenticeship --- The apprenticeship typically lasts for 15-18 months with the majority of the training taking place in the first 12 weeks. --- The apprenticeship is completed after you successfully pass your end-point assessment. This requires you to submit a portfolio and project report, for which we will provide support in the latter months of the apprenticeship. --- Our recommendation to employers is for your starting salary as an apprentice to be £18,000 while you are on the full-time training, rising to £24,000 after 3 months. --- We also recommend to employers that they review your salary periodically throughout the apprenticeship. --- ### The apprenticeship handbook --- https://foundersandcoders.notion.site/Apprenticeship-handbook-1f864f0bca344b65bc22c23953c9e5da --- ## Outcomes in 2022 --- ### FAC24, Spring 2022 | Cohort | Bootcamp | Apprentice | FAC | | ---- | ----: | ----: | ----: | | FAC24 | 12 | 11 | 0 | | FAC25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | | FAC26 | 11 | 6 | 1 | | FAC27 | 12 | - | - | --- Placing apprentices did become more challenging over the course of last year. It is too early to tell what this year is going to be like. --- We aim to find apprenticeships for all of you, but we offer no guarantees. --- ### Questions?