Business in the Community Employer Strategy
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Business in the Community
Employer Strategy
We stand for responsible business
Connecting
Job Seekers Business
Business in the Community
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• Growing their Business
• Meeting the needs of their current workforce
• Negative experience with a programme
• Fear due to media or misinformation
• Feel their recruitment staff are meeting their needs
Company Obstacles
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• Work with members to design/deliver and evaluate programmes
• Provide engagement with our participants during training
• Opportunity to change an individual’s life while reaping the rewards of creating a loyal and productive workforce
• Joint review of employment practices
• Information Hub on the needs and profiles of unemployment in their area
• Continued Communication
BITC Solution
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• Look to growing and emerging sectors– Manufacturing
– Renewables
• Early intervention schools and youth training programmes
• Continue to evaluate programmes
Future Opportunities
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• 25 year old employability programme from USA• Boot camp style delivery method aimed at working on
soft skills • BITC is the only organization licensed to deliver in NI• North West currently delivering 64% into employment• Recently rolled out in the Belfast Area
STRIVE 2 Work
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• Graduate Acceleration Programme
• Launched in January 2010
• Response to increasing graduate unemployment in NI.
• Aim to provide meaningful graduate work experience and valuable qualification
GAP
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• North West Employers Forum/Citywide Employers Forum (Belfast)
• Meet and discuss recruitment needs and employment issues
• Support local unemployed men and women back into the workforce through
Employers’ Forum
Thank you