Employer Engagement:- Brighton and Hove

- Camden

Introduction:

Why bother with Employer Engagement?

Different stakeholders have different requirements but there are areas of overlap

Partner Drivers Issues and constraints

Business • Give back to society• Be a good employer• Enhance corporate

brand

• Limited resources• Activities must link to

organisational objectives• Need feedback from VCS/schools to

inform, justify and measure

VCS • Funding / resources• Support service users• Staff / organisational

development• Promote organisation

• Limited resources • Business engagement• Difficulties in matching VCS needs

to business objectives• Limited business awareness of local

issues/needs

Schools • Curriculum development• Provide opportunities

for students • Facilities improvement

• Limited resources • Business engagement• Work placement administration -

extremely resource intensive• Competition with other schools

– A strong base of literacy, numeracy skills needed, which 65% of employers suggested needs to be improved

– A strong grounding in science, maths, engineering and technology (STEM skills). 43% suggested that they struggle to employ people with the necessary STEM skills

– A broad set of employability skills necessary for all jobs (team working, problem-solving, communication, business and customer awareness, self-management)

– Greater levels of work experience and recognised qualifications needed

– A CBI survey highlighted that 70% of employers want to see employability skills developed at school by embedding them in the curriculum

Businesses’ expectations of skills (as highlighted by national Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

research)