Recruiting the best staff, with the right skills, is crucial to the success of your business.
Depending on your business needs, there are a number of ways to access the labour market and recruit suitable employees, including:
An Apprentice can be a great addition to your business. Support is available to help your business source suitable employees, identify the right training provider and potentially help you to access funding. See our apprenticeship webpage for more information.
Apprenticeships - Greater Manchester Combined Authority (greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk)
Bury has hosted numerous job fairs in recent years, providing an opportunity for employers to meet and talk to potential employees. Job fairs enable you to promote your vacancies, direct to interested candidates and could help you to reduce recruitment costs.
Our colleagues at Job Centre Plus also host regular jobs fairs in partnership with local businesses and the Council.
Helping to equip potential employees with the skills your business needs through tailored pre-employment training. In exchange, you would provide a work experience placement to a potential recruit/s and a guaranteed job interview.
Sector-based work academy programme: employer guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Traineeships are designed to help young people who haven't yet developed the necessary experience or skills to get an Apprenticeship. A Traineeship combines education, training and workplace experience to support the young person, aged 16 to 24, to become work ready. This includes English and maths tuition (if required) and works preparation training.
Traineeships can also benefit your business by:
- Developing a pool of potential recruits.
- The Traineeship programme, including the training, can be designed as per the employer needs.
- Existing staff have an opportunity to develop mentoring and coaching skills.
- The programme is fully funded by government
Apprenticeships, 14 to 19 education and training for work - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
T Levels are new, high-quality technical qualifications - an exciting alternative to A-levels and apprenticeships that combine classroom theory with practical learning and a 45 day industry placement.
They are designed to equip the participants with the practical skills, knowledge and behavious necessary for skilled employment or progress to further study, including higher technical qualifications, higher apprenticeships or degree apprenticeships.
- High quality technical qualifications
- Combines classroom theory with practical learning
- Includes a 45 day work placement
- Designed to equip with practical skills and knowledge
- Two year course
- Combine classroom learning (80%) with on-the-job employment experience (20%)
- Assessed by a combination of externally set exam and skill-assessment to demonstrate competency skills.
Where can you access help with your recruitment?
For more information on how we can help you with your recruitment needs, email investin@bury.gov.uk.
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