Payara offers Internship Placements Published on 24 Mar 2020 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Educational Projects Worcestershire County Council recognised that students needed to get a clearer understanding of the workplace and created the Junior Internship Program. It offers placements to students at local sixth form colleges the opportunity to work with an employer for up to 2 years, gaining experience of an industry that interests them, and being mentored by employees keen to help develop young people entering the work force. At Payara, we have 3 JIPs who have all been assigned mentors who are currently Degree Apprentices. The apprentices offer monthly mentoring sessions and will work with the JIP student during the work experience block. See what Olga, one of our JIP students has to say! Continue reading “Payara offers Internship Placements”
Payara Hosts Coding Workshop Published on 24 Mar 2020 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Educational Projects On Wednesday 12th February, Payara held a programming and coding skills workshop for a number of students at local high school, Dyson Perrins CofE Academy, Worcestershire ,UK. Led by two of our Degree Apprentices, Cuba Stanley and Matt Gill, the Devoxx4Kids seminar provided a group of students aged 13-14 with the opportunity to expand their tech and electronics knowledge through a range of fun activities, including creative programming and coding music. Continue reading “Payara Hosts Coding Workshop”
Payara Week 2020: Madeira, Portugal Published on 24 Mar 2020 by Mycah BanksTopics: Payara Events, Payara Life Although every Payaran is currently working from home in response to Coronavirus, the whole team is still buzzing from Payara Week, held on the stunning sub-tropical island of Madeira. While this is our fourth annual Payara Week, it’s our first time hosting the event outside England. Flying everyone out to Funchal, Madeira gave the whole Payara crew the opportunity for a warm, sunny break from late winter (though it felt more like home to our equatorial crewmember). Continue reading “Payara Week 2020: Madeira, Portugal”
Creating the Payara Design System Published on 23 Mar 2020 by Di TurnerTopics: Fish FoodTagged Design At Payara Services we have many different applications and web-based projects that all need to be unified under our brand. Ideally, someone should be able to recognise a Payara app even if they can’t see our logo. For this to happen, we need to create consistency in the UI (User Interface) across our projects. Enter the Design System. Continue reading “Creating the Payara Design System”
Why are HR Policies and Procedures so Important? Published on 19 Mar 2020 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Fish Food It looks like we are in the middle of a global crisis – COVID-19 – and politicians, health officials and your social media influences are all shouting ‘Doom to the world’. There is so much information out there, most causing fear and panic rather than help and advice. In a world where any news can be called ‘fake’ its very hard for anyone to know good information from bad. Continue reading “Why are HR Policies and Procedures so Important?”
