National recognition of excellence for skillsformedia

The media industry careers advice and guidance service, skillsformedia, has been awarded the prestigious matrix quality standard for information advice and guidance services.
The skillsformedia service was among a total of 39 organisations to receive the Award and Certificate from Cllr Roy Walters, Lord Mayor of Manchester at a recent celebration event at Manchester Town Hall. The matrix standard is the national quality mark for organisations delivering Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) services about learning and work.
Dinah Caine, Skillset Chief Executive, said: “skillsformedia provides a crucial service for those wanting to get in and get on in the audio visual industries especially freelancers who have few careers and training support mechanisms. Gaining the matrix standard means we can feel confident we are achieving best practice in this vital area. We’ve also been able to benchmark - a process that has benefited us as an organisation and given us valuable pointers for future developments.”
Praising the latest organisations to gain the standard, Adult Skills Minister Ivan Lewis said: “If we are to have the high productivity, high skill and high wage economy we all want, we need a workforce with an informed demand for learning and skills.
"It's about hard-edged economic success so that we can compete and succeed in an increasingly competitive global economy. We need our best companies and organisations to be at the cutting edge in the world markets.”
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