The diary of a wannabe Kickstart employer…
The diary of a wannabe Kickstart employer… I’m sure very few people will disagree with the idea of Kickstart but as ever, the devil is in the detail. Or the delivery, that comes from the detail, driven by the policy. I was on an ERSA round table last year with around 300 organisations, many of whom would be involved in Kickstart. As an employability and recruitment solutions expert, I had [...]
Is driving people to a state of poverty and desperation the most effective way to get them into work?
Is driving people to a state of poverty and desperation the most effective way to get them into work? Last week, the Prime Minister received a letter coordinated by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, bearing an unprecedented 100 signatures from British organisations, all urging him to rethink the £20 cut in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit. While there has been some coverage of this in the press, there is one [...]
Minister says no extension to Kickstart but…
Minister says no extension to Kickstart but… Earlier this week at the House of Lords Youth Unemployment Committee, the Minister for Employment, Mims Davies said “It’s important that young people are at the heart of the economic recovery”. She was adamant about focussing on delivery of Kickstart and not an extension. Mims said “The next stage of Kickstart could write itself if we deliver this stage”. That means everything possible [...]
Reflecting on a challenging time
In Mental Health Awareness Week I thought I’d share our experiences of working with people who are out of work and looking for a new job. 2020 saw hundreds of thousands of people lose their job through no fault of their own. Getting over the shock and possibly anger is the first step but then they need to figure out what to do. Some may have a plan and others [...]
Tips for job searching
Tips for job searching Looking for a new job? Here are our top tips to help you move forward in your career and life. Reflect Reflect, take notes of job aspects A good start before searching for a new job is to reflect and ask yourself – what do I want to do? Were you happy in your last role or is now time for a change? Take [...]
Moving Forward From Furlough
Tips for coming back and moving forward from furlough It’s been a rough year with multiple lockdowns and uncertainties with businesses, many companies had no choice but to put staff on hold resulting in furlough. However, now things are picking up again and companies are ready to bring their staff back, you might be asking how you can prepare yourself to start work again. Here are our top tips to [...]
Staffordshire and Derbyshire Rapid Return To Work© Programme
Rapid Return To Work© programme in Staffordshire and Derbyshire This programme is specifically designed for people who have recently been made unemployed or been out of work for less than 13 weeks and could benefit from some expert help and support to get back into work. It is light touch and fast paced, offering recruitment training and practical exercises including looking after yourself, identifying transferable skills and competencies and understanding [...]
Swindon Employability Skills Programme
Get "The Life You Want ©" In Swindon - Personal Breakthrough, Motivation and Employment Programme This new and exciting programme in Swindon will assist people to change their life and develop amazing employability skills that will stay with them forever. Funded by the European Union Social Fund, it is an enjoyable, exciting and powerful programme that will assist you to change your life. It will: Increase your motivation and address [...]
Coventry Employability Skills Programme
Get "The Life You Want ©" In Coventry - Personal Breakthrough, Motivation and Employment Programme Our new, exciting and powerful programme in Coventry will assist people to change their life and develop amazing employability skills that will stay with them forever. Funded by the European Union Social Fund, it is an enjoyable, exciting and powerful programme that will assist you to change your life. It will: Increase your motivation and [...]
Youth Need Our Help – Enfield Dispatch
The following article was printed in Enfield Dispatch. Seven years ago the Social Mobility Commission, which counted Baroness Tyler of Enfield as a member, found that "character and resilience" were the greatest determinants of social mobility. Neither are very tangible but both are essential, especially given the more recent report published by the Enfield Poverty and Inequality Commission (EPIC). Enfield Council acknowledges there is a problem, but how many involved [...]
Channel 4 Dispatches
8 year old Courtney and her family live off £5 a day - they rely on a food bank to eat and wear coats to bed when there's no money for heating. This is Britain today, where more than 4 million children are growing up in poverty. pic.twitter.com/faYNbL4ZD5 — Channel 4 Dispatches (@C4Dispatches) November 30, 2019
Chickens come home to loot
It’s July 2010 and I’m sat in a community centre in Tottenham surrounded by some of their most hard to reach long term unemployed people, participants on the Families into Work Programme. We’ve been asked to delay the start as someone is running late. You can cut the atmosphere with a knife. There is an air about these people that is a combination of angst, anger, resentment, desperation, futility and [...]
Is It Time For Employers To Take The Lead?
Is it time for employers to take the lead and have more influence to get what they want from the welfare to work industry? Article Published on www.digby-morgan.com http://www.digbymorgannewsletter.com/story09_HR_06_10.htm John McDonough, Director at the employability and recruitment solutions consultancy and training company, Recro Consulting asks: Employers To Take The Lead! Entry level recruitment is big business and for companies who rely on it, it can have a significant effect [...]
Is it time for employers to the take lead and have more influence to get what they need from the welfare to work industry
Article Published on www.digby-morgan.com http://www.digbymorgannewsletter.com/story09_HR_06_10.htm John McDonough, Director at the employability and recruitment solutions consultancy and training company, Recro Consulting asks: Is it time for employers to take the lead and have more influence to get what they want from the welfare to work industry? Entry level recruitment is big business and for companies who rely on it, it can have a significant effect on their business and its performance. [...]
Introducing Recro Consulting
Hello Introducing Recro Consulting – we’re recruitment and employability specialists. Are you… • Struggling to attract the right talent? • Having skills shortages that are effecting your business? • Frustrated dealing with JCP, colleges, training providers and charities? • Needing to reduce your time per hire, cost per hire and improve retention? • Wanting to work with schools and open up work placements and CSR opportunities but struggle to get [...]
Facilitator / Trainer / Coach
You’ve worked as a facilitator, trainer or coach for a while now. You’ve worked with a range of people which may have included anything from corporates, sports teams, students to disadvantaged and unemployed. You know how to facilitate a group, build the momentum, work the dynamics, overcome the objections and challenges. You inspire, helping to change people’s beliefs, thinking and build confidence, aspiration and motivation. You know you’re good and [...]
Chippenham Candidates May 2019
Do You Need To Recruit People In Chippenham? Recro is an employability and recruitment solutions training company and consultancy. Our employment training courses are unique, we utilise personal and professional development, with recruitment, coaching and learning. We help employers hire and develop people and access a broader and more diverse talent pool. We’re currently working in Chippenham and interested in speaking to employers to understand their recruitment needs, including skills [...]
