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Business in the Community Employer Strategy. Connecting . Job Seekers. Business. Business in the Community. Company Obstacles. Growing their Business Meeting the needs of their current workforce Negative experience with a programme Fear due to media or misinformation
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Business in the Community Employer Strategy
Connecting Job Seekers Business Business in the Community
Company Obstacles • 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
BITC Solution • 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
Future Opportunities • Look to growing and emerging sectors • Manufacturing • Renewables • Early intervention schools and youth training programmes • Continue to evaluate programmes
STRIVE 2 Work • 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
GAP • Graduate Acceleration Programme • Launched in January 2010 • Response to increasing graduate unemployment in NI. • Aim to provide meaningful graduate work experience and valuable qualification
Employers’ Forum • 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