Wouldn’t you like to employ young people who have had some experience of work, who know your industry and are work-ready?
You can help upgrade your workforce by getting involved in supporting the Diploma, like the 300,000 businesses who already work with schools and colleges, including high profile companies such as Vodaphone, Rolls Royce, RAC, Lloyds TSB, P&O Ferries and Ames.
Diplomas have been designed in collaboration with employers to meet the needs of their sectors and to develop the knowledge and skills you want from new recruits to your business.
A unique qualification, the Diploma combines essential skills and knowledge, hands-on experience and employer-focussed learning with the opportunity to develop a specialism or undertake complementary study.
Young people will make informed choices, understand your industry and have the ability to be flexible enough to work in a wide variety of jobs.
I doesn’t matter what size your business is, this is an opportunity for you to benefit by potentially reducing recruitment costs and staff turnover as young people enter the workforce with higher and more relevant essential skills and having made better-informed choices.
You will have access to young people who have developed the personal and life skills employers want, such as independent thinking and working, problem-solving, communication skills, and functioning as part of a team.
- Through activities on your premises: work experience, work shadowing, visits to your premises or hands on experience in the workplace under supervision.
- Through you or your staff visiting a school or college for career or industry days, to give talks or to run an enterprise or problem solving challenge.
- Through providing resources for workshops or an enterprise challenge.
- Through offering teacher placements in your company.
For more information visit www.dfes.gov.uk/14-19
www.direct.gov.uk/diplomas
To find out more about how you can become involved contact
Life Long Learning Unit
Bolton Council
5th Floor Paderborn House
Bolton
BL1 1JW
Telephone: 01204 332239
Email: diplomas@bolton.gov.uk
