{"id":60844,"date":"2015-09-01T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f27db1bfef6212b6d45d006664e9672c"},"modified":"2015-10-01T09:31:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T09:31:58","slug":"news-story-civil-service-fast-stream-now-open-for-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=60844","title":{"rendered":"News story: Civil Service Fast Stream now open for applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Application window closes 2 November, changed from incorrect date previously published of 1 November.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/candidate.faststream.gov.uk\/FastStream\">Apply now to join the Civil Service Fast Stream<\/a>. Register your details by 2 November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Civil Service Fast Stream is now <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/candidate.faststream.gov.uk\/faststream\">open for applications<\/a>. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to take on some of the biggest social, economic, political and security challenges facing the UK today and the chance to make a real difference to people\u2019s lives. <\/p>\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/civil-service-fast-stream-graduate-schemes\">different Fast Stream schemes<\/a> to suit all tastes and talents, from commercial to digital. The Analytical streams close on 30 September and the Corporate streams on 2 November 2015, so be sure to complete your application as soon as possible. <\/p>\n<p>The video below provides more information about the Civil Service and how you can apply for the Fast Stream, in order to make a difference.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8L7H3wIyeeM\">Make a difference!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The Fast Stream is widely recognised as one of the best graduate schemes in the country, ranked sixth in the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.top100graduateemployers.com\/employers\">Times Top 100 Graduate Employers in 2014-2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/faststream.blog.gov.uk\/2015\/02\/02\/civil-service-fast-stream-what-could-you-achieve\/\">Sir Jeremy\u2019s blog post<\/a> on what Fast Stream graduates could achieve.<\/p>\n<p>The Fast Stream aims to have the UK\u2019s best and brightest graduates in Civil Service leadership roles within 3 to 5 year. It offers a wide range of supported learning and development, professional qualifications, formal training courses, mentoring and job-shadowing. The HR Fast Stream, for instance, is the only HR graduate scheme in the country to offer a master\u2019s degree to all successful applicants. <\/p>\n<p>This intake will be the first time applicants can apply for the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/civil-service-fast-stream-project-delivery\/fast-stream-project-delivery\">Project Delivery Fast Stream<\/a>. The projects that government delivers &#8211; from new hospitals to cutting-edge digital services &#8211; are transforming the way we live and work, and Project Delivery Fast Streamers will have an opportunity to develop valuable project-management skills and create real change.<\/p>\n<p>You can visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/faststream\">Fast Stream<\/a> pages for more information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/civil-service-fast-stream-graduate-schemes\">different schemes<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/civil-service-fast-stream-how-to-apply\">how to apply<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/civil-service-fast-stream-who-can-apply\">who can apply<\/a>. You can apply to the Fast Stream via the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/candidate.faststream.gov.uk\/faststream\">online application form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Civil Service&#8217;s graduate recruitment programme offers talented graduates an accelerated route to leadership within the Civil Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60844"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62352,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60844\/revisions\/62352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}