The Careers & Enterprise Company

Calling all employers! Do you want to understand what good looks like in #careers education outreach so you can inspire and prepare young people for their best next step? Our #EmployerStandards framework and tool is designed to help businesses deliver good careers education. How does it work? ✅ Step 1: Take the free 25-minute self-assessment ✅ Step 2: Get instant results on how effectively your business is delivering careers education outreach ✅ Step 3: Receive recommendations on how to improve ✅ Step 4: Compare your results nationally, regionally or by sector ✅ Step 5: Start taking action to improve your careers education outreach Join over 700 businesses who are using Employer Standards to help close skills gaps and inspire their future workforce. Learn more and take the free self-assessment now: https://bit.ly/4dmysOt

“Ellesmere is about preparing people with the life skills for their next step, that really resonated with me.” - Pete Gardner, founder of chocolate shop Cocoa Amore Pete volunteers as an Enterprise Adviser and works with Ellesmere College to help embed entrepreneurial skills and open young people’s eyes to the range of #careers and pathways open to them. Join nearly 4,000 Enterprise Advisers helping to bridge the gap between education and the world of work. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3YkAaeP COCOA AMORE LIMITED Leicester and Leicestershire Careers Hub

Today we release key insights from our Enterprise Adviser (EA) Survey, looking at the impact of the EA role on schools, colleges, employers and young people. Insights show that: ⭐ EAs are helping to enhance the quality of #careers education ⭐ EAs are helping to drive more awareness of #apprenticeships and technical pathways, leading to increased uptake. ⭐ Business engagement with education is creating mutually beneficial relationships, personal development, workforce diversity, #skills gap closure and economic growth. Read more findings in our Insight Briefing: https://bit.ly/3Yp36CK Learn more about the Enterprise Adviser role: https://bit.ly/4fpoaPd

We are recruiting for a new Youth Engagement Officer! 📅 Deadline to apply: Sunday 4 August. The voices and experiences of young people are at the heart of our work and this new co-ordinator role will be responsible for: ⭐ Support and co-ordination of our Youth Advisory Group ⭐ Supporting youth voice initiatives across The Careers & Enterprise Company ⭐ Providing wider support for the Education Development Team If you're passionate about giving young people a voice, find out more about the role and apply on our website 👉 https://bit.ly/46gpTlP #YouthVoice Youth Employment UK UK Youth

Over 700 businesses are now using Employer Standards, our free framework and self-assessment tool, to raise the quality of their careers education outreach and inspire their future workforce. Businesses using Employers Standards are: ✅ Closing skills gaps ✅ Reducing recruitment costs ✅ Developing new talent pipelines Whether your business is experienced in engaging with #careers education, or taking its first steps, the #EmployerStandards framework will bring insight, ideas and inspiration to help you connect with the next generation of talent. Start today by taking our free self-assessment to see how well your business is delivering careers education outreach: https://bit.ly/46lAv3a

We are recruiting for a new Youth Engagement Officer to innovate in youth voice practice, lead on the operational delivery of our Youth Advisory Group and support with the strategic direction of this work. This role will be responsible for: ⭐ Co-ordination and support of our Youth Advisory Group ⭐ Supporting youth voice initiatives across The Careers & Enterprise Company ⭐ Providing wider support for the Education Development Team If you're passionate about giving young people a voice, find out more about the role and apply on our website 👉 https://bit.ly/46gpTlP #YouthVoice Youth Employment UK UK Youth

Our CEO Oli de Botton has written a guest blog for Social Market Foundation on the role of modern #careers education in reducing the risk of young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training). This includes: ⭐ Starting careers education early ⭐ Modernising work experience ⭐ Support at key transition points Read more about what we're doing to help every young person find their best next step in Oli's blog: https://bit.ly/3LJVLWH #WorkExperience #CareersEducation

The Effective Transitions Fund was launched in 2021 with funding from JPMorganChase. Over two years 10 Careers Hubs designed and delivered bespoke #careers support interventions for over 1,000 young people facing significant barriers and at risk of not remaining in #education or #training. Findings from Phase 1 of the programme show that: ⭐ 94% of young people entered a post-16 destination. ⭐ 93% sustained their education and training, compared to 82.6% of all young people. Read more about the programme and the impact 👉 https://bit.ly/3YobW3D

Tune in tomorrow at 2pm for the live broadcast of the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers and Top 50 SME Apprenticeship Employers. Register here 👉 https://ow.ly/IycQ50SAplV #TopAppsEmployers #apprenticeships

Leading employers including KPMG UK, Lloyds Banking Group and Morgan Sindall Construction see the benefits of working with schools and colleges: ⭐ skills gaps are closing ⭐ more young people are applying for jobs ⭐ more diverse workforce Employers are key to inspiring and preparing young people for the world of work. #EmployerStandards is our free framework and self-assessment tool helping businesses provide meaningful #careers education outreach. The framework and tool are helping over 650 businesses to raise the quality of their careers education outreach. Learn more about how Employer Standards can help your business: https://bit.ly/3W3fK95