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A Conversation With John Westhead: Part One

Recently I posted on LinkedIn about whether we should hire for training experience or occupational competence? And whether hiring exclusively for one or the other means that we as a sector are missing out on amazing c...

Employee retention Staff Retention Recruitment

Retention and Recruitment - Different, or one of the same?

Training Experience vs Occupational Competence

Training Experience vs Occupational Competence It’s an ever present challenge when recruiting into Further Education to find the balance of an individual or a team who has both the Occupation (recent occupational) ...

Sales People - Know your numbers!

2020 - a NWR Recap

Well, it’s been a hell of a year ….. how many times have we heard or even said this in the last few weeks? We’ve all had to ride this unpredictable wave, and we’ve all faired differently. Being in recruitment, it’s...

Reasonable Adjustments

Why are providers not applying for Reasonable Adjustments to support learners as much as they should?

I was interviewing a candidate recently, and for one of the questions I asked they gave a great example of how they identified a specific learner had learning difficulties, and they were able to apply for RAs in order...

Employer Branding Talent Pools

Look after your talent pools, they could be future hires!

It's great to see a number of providers really making strides of growth, especially after such an uncertain yearWe are now seeing quite a few roles being advertised across the FE market, specifically in roles that ar...

Video Interviews

Video Interview Tips - Video

Employee retention Employer Branding Onboarding

6 Tips for Onboarding Remote Employees

Onboarding employees is the process of allowing new hires to get to know their team and learn about your company. This process is largely the same for remote employees with the exception that the new hire will be wo...

Kickstart

Can the Kickstart Scheme Aid Economic Recovery?

Back in July as part of his mini-budget speech, Chancellor Rishi Sunak promised the launch of a Kickstart Scheme that would help get 16-24-year-olds on Universal Credit, who had lost their jobs or opportunities due t...

Employer Branding

Best Practices to Develop a Great Employer Brand

When it comes to recruitment it can be a competitive business, companies are going against one another to attract the most talented employees. Employees today are looking beyond the financial benefits a potential emp...

Challenges Further Education Covid

The Challenges Facing Further Education Post COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has created numerous challenges for every sector of the economy, with many industries adapting drastically to succeed in the ‘new normal’. One thing organisations and human beings around the wo...

Apprenticeships Further Education

What's Next for FE in the New Academic Year?

With the new academic year just around the corner, teachers, support staff and students will be preparing to return college life after the Coronavirus lockdown. During the pandemic, further education institutions qu...

Workforce Skills Gap Employer Branding

Could Apprenticeships Help Boost the Economy?

Apprenticeships improve the skills, wages and future career progression of the young adults that undertake them, but they also impact on the productivity of the companies that offer them. In fact, apprenticeships are...

Apprenticeships

GCSE & A-Level Results: What Went Wrong?

Due to COVID-19 the young adults that were set to sit their GCSE and A-Level exams in 2020 were told earlier this year that sitting the exams would not be possible and instead their results would be based on teacher ...

Employer Branding

How Can Employer Branding Grow your Business?

Every organisation has a brand, from the colours and typography you use in your logo and on your website and other marketing materials to the tone of voice you use in your communications, but what is an Employer Brand...

Employee retention Staff Retention

The Challenges and Best Practices of Staff Retention

The Challenges and Best Practices of Staff RetentionAttracting the right people with the right skills and experience to your organisation is a crucial part of the recruitment process, but equally if not more importan...

Social mobility Apprenticeships

Social Mobility Commission report highlights 'disadvantage gaps' in apprenticeship system

Social Mobility Commission report highlights ‘disadvantage gaps’ in apprenticeship systemApprenticeshipsare well documented as a means of boosting social mobility for those from a disadvantaged background and the lat...

Offboarding

Offboarding: Helping employees’ transition

Offboarding: Helping employees’ transitionThe current economic climate is likely to lead to an increase in redundancies, especially as staff reach the end of their furlough and government support decreases. For many ...

Offboarding

Why an offboarding programme is essential post - COVID 19

Why an offboarding programme is essential post-COVID 19They say that life can change in a minute and that couldn’t feel truer at the moment. Pre-COVID 19 we were all talking about skills shortages and a war on talent...

A Conversation With John Westhead: Part One

Retention and Recruitment - Different, or one of the same?

Training Experience vs Occupational Competence

Sales People - Know your numbers!

2020 - a NWR Recap

Why are providers not applying for Reasonable Adjustments to support learners as much as they should?

Look after your talent pools, they could be future hires!

Video Interview Tips - Video

6 Tips for Onboarding Remote Employees

Can the Kickstart Scheme Aid Economic Recovery?

Best Practices to Develop a Great Employer Brand

The Challenges Facing Further Education Post COVID-19

What's Next for FE in the New Academic Year?

Could Apprenticeships Help Boost the Economy?

GCSE & A-Level Results: What Went Wrong?

How Can Employer Branding Grow your Business?

The Challenges and Best Practices of Staff Retention

Social Mobility Commission report highlights 'disadvantage gaps' in apprenticeship system

Offboarding: Helping employees’ transition

Why an offboarding programme is essential post - COVID 19

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