Boroughbridge, UK: Cold storage and transport business Reed Boardall has pledged to offer more apprenticeships to school and college leavers in the future, having supported a 17-year-old from Ripon to complete the company’s first apprenticeship in business administration.
Jonasz Holica, (pictured above) originally from Poland, moved to Yorkshire when he was two years old. When he left York College with a BTech in business he took a part-time job in a supermarket. However, he saw an apprenticeship in business administration being advertised by Reed Boardall and applied; he started working for the business in January 2023.
Holica said: “Over the 14 months it took for me to complete my apprenticeship, I covered general business, employment law, policies and procedures, and finance. I quickly realised that HR was the area I enjoyed most and Reed Boardall gave me a permanent position as an HR assistant within eight months of me joining as an apprentice.”
Laura Amies, group HR manager for Reed Boardall, (pictured above) said: “It seems unbelievable now, but when Jonasz first started working with us, he didn’t even know how to write an email, much less what HR entailed! Since then, he’s demonstrated an outstanding commitment to learning and developing.
“As a business, we are committed to investing in developing and training people with potential and Jonasz is a great example of how well apprenticeships can work. Having offered IT and finance apprenticeships, we liked the flexibility of business administration, providing skills which could be used throughout our operations.
“We certainly plan to offer more apprenticeships in the future and urge school leavers who aren’t sure which career path to take, to consider them as an exciting option to traditional full time college or university learning – hopefully, Jonasz’s story will inspire other young people.”
Pictured are Jonasz Holica, Reed Boardall apprentice, with HR manager Laura Amies
