Working With Partners
We currently work with over 350 local employers in London and Hampshire many of whom see us as an extension of their organisation:
- a solution to their recruitment problems
- a source of new employees
- a training resource for their existing staff
- a means of retaining and developing their existing staff
- a way of planning for their future
We work closely with employers to help them identify their staffing and training needs and ensure that we can meet them.
Employers are a crucial part of our organisation – not just through commercial training – but also through government funded training for unemployed adults. We need to understand their business, trends in the various commercial sectors etc and we frequently involve employers in our programmes through
- tailoring – for example interview preparation for a particular employer
- programme customisation – running vocational training in areas such as health & safety, food hygiene etc
- employer presentations
Case Study 1
Major Hotel & Leisure Group |
Case Study 2
Major Construction Industry Specialist |
- Recruited BME and women for shortlisting via the Jobcentres
- Custom designed a programme of pre-employment preparation, involving the employer in the pipeline presentation and shortlisting
- Delivered soft-skills, employability and basic skills training for unemployed learners
- Achieved 100% job outcomes (12 jobs - more than they had initially targeted)
- 80% were still employed at both three and six month monitoring.
- We were also able to persuade the employer to allow flexi-working hours enabling four parents to return to work while retaining their care commitments
- Returned six months post-programme to re-evaluate training needs
- Ran a customer care course for 60 of their telesales team
- Signed up employees for NVQ qualifications via the Train to Gain programme
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- Custom designed a programme of ESOL provision to suit new employees seconded from India/Pakistan
- Delivered ESOL for special purpose training in the evenings both onsite and at our training centres
- Included social integration skills training and cultural awareness sessions
- Designed an on the job vocab guide for the learners
- Trained their Supervisor & Manager in managing ESOL needs in the workplace
- Ran a series of evaluation workshops
- Achieved 100% qualifications
- Returned six months post-programme to re-evaluate training needs and identified a further need for indigenous staff
- In process of signing up 30+ employees for NVQ qualifications including ESOL and Basic Skillsd (Skills for Life) via the Train to Gain programme
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All this was offered at NO COST to the employer, through government funded initiatives. |
