Supporting students and providing workplace experiences
Sharing your knowledge, experience and advice with young people in education will inspire and inform their career choices and raise awareness and understanding of your organisation and industry. This can help them to develop the confidence to move into a role that is right for them, and to be the right employee for you. Offering workplace experiences is one great way to discover future employees and can reduce recruitment costs.
Supporting high-quality teaching and providing expert guidance
Building partnerships with a local school, college or university is an opportunity not to be missed. It will give these institutions and teachers a deeper understanding of your industry’s needs, resulting in improved course content and training that is more relevant. It’s a strong value exchange for both parties that brings real world business insights to teaching. You can also share your knowledge and expertise to influence technical education both locally and nationally.
Workplace learning
The benefits of upskilling or reskilling your existing staff – be that through short courses, apprenticeships or other opportunities – are equally strong, growing your business’ expertise, helping staff feel valued and contributing to retention. And involving your team in sharing their skills with teachers, or mentoring placement students, is a great way of enabling their professional development – recognising and building their communication, leadership and management skills.
