Hertfordshire opportunities

Does Your Business Struggle to Recruit Skilled People?

Are There Misconceptions and Myths About the Roles Available Within Your Industry?

Do You Need to Provide Training for Your Existing Staff?

We are inviting employers to get involved in an exciting programme - Hertfordshire Opportunities - that will help young people and residents in Hertfordshire attain the skills required by Hertfordshire businesses and industries to secure jobs close to home.

Hertfordshire Opportunities will put employers at the heart of inspiring, informing and communicating with the next generation of employees in our county.

Led by a team of careers and skills experts, your business can get involved with activities such as apprenticeships, work experience, taking part in careers fairs, as well as supporting the design and delivery of careers curriculums.

You will also be first to know about the wide breadth of opportunities and funding available to upskill your existing employees - from short courses, technical and professional qualifications through to leadership and management programmes.

Advantages for you include the casting of a wider recruitment net, openings to headhunt talent, CSR opportunities, access to funding for skills development and benefiting from young people’s ideas and energy.

Hertfordshire Opportunities Portal, the premier gateway for exploring careers, employment and skills programmes in the county, is at the project's core.

This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

What To Expect From Hertfordshire Opportunities?

The project will provide an independent, impartial advice service to employers within Hertfordshire and support them to engage effectively with education, employment and training solutions.

The service will also provide opportunities to support upskilling of existing staff through qualifications/career progression programmes.

Skills Advisers will work closely with employers to undertake a thorough workforce development assessment looking at existing staff requirements and future skills needs.

Supporting Employers To Engage With Education

The project will support employers to effectively engage with schools and colleges to build their future talent pipeline.

Career Education activities that employers will get involved with could include:

• Working with schools, colleges, youth professionals and other education and skills providers to support the design and delivery of the careers and employability curriculum.
• Managing inspiring activities delivered by and with employers.
• Developing and offering work experience opportunities.
• Activities that show-case career pathways and progression opportunities, for example through careers events- and fairs delivered by the Careers Hubs.
• Work with the Careers and Enterprise Company and where relevant consider supporting the Enterprise Advisers network.

Contact The Team To Get Involved!

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