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Teaching staff to develop employability focus

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Teaching staff to develop employability focus

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All staff to be developing employability thinking in teaching

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Simplify processfor  engaging with employers

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Leverage personal, family and student relationships

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Turning to our contacts on LinkedIn

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Team or a process and what do we do with that 

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Team or a process and what do we do with that 

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Broadcasting the Newham College vision

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Use resources we have to show what our students can do - Facebook etc

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Internal with staff, highlighting good practice and how this can be acheived

External with the local area

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Get rid of the scary paper based process, simplefy the process

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Every department to have a employability team who focus on this each month

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Staff should go on work placements to shadow people

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Identify the local needs and how you can deliver this

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Make it feel more integrated to the rest of the College

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Focus group that will collate and start off with one of the new ideas, then give us feedback in July

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Focus group that will collate and start off with one of the new ideas, then give us feedback in July

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Team to oversea the employer relationships and involvement, keeping in touch etc

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E.g. In local sports clubs

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Expenses allowance for schmoozing

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Linking with corporate and social responsibility 

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Linking with corporate and social responsibility 

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Thematic ones for each curriculum specialism

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Showcase learners skills by inviting potential employers to come to Newham college and see what learners do that's outstanding. Emphasis on learners to showcase their skills and target employers.

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College to offer this to all students

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Finding new local and creative employers that young people enage with. 

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Finding new local and creative employers that young people enage with. 

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Away days involving spending time with the employers

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Away days involving spending time with the employers

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Contacting employers to deliver workshops and curriculum areas with clear aims from them.

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Contacting employers to deliver workshops and curriculum areas with clear aims from them.

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Create a plan, appoint reliable people from each department and work on it

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For employers to come to us

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Give Staff time for CPD, built into the academic year

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Speaking to learners avout what they actually want.

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Speaking to learners avout what they actually want.

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Embed into all courses

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Useful and relevant

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More opportunites within the college for employers to sponsor and get involved in eg Events 

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More opportunites within the college for employers to sponsor and get involved in eg Events 

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Get students to do the same activity and see what skills they require we then work with the gaps identified and we hone and develop those skills

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Increase awareness of the links we already have with employers 

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Increase awareness of the links we already have with employers 

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1) Schedule in place for employers to be part of the curriculum (hair & beauty currently do this - to share as best practice)

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1) Schedule in place for employers to be part of the curriculum (hair & beauty currently do this - to share as best practice)

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2) Educate our employers on our students, selling our students on what they can do (not what they cant do). Dedicating one member of staff per department to lead on employer endorsement (with remission)
3) clear idea from employer on specific job and titles they are after - match it to the curriculum, and tailor the courses to it to meet the employer's/students actual needs(leads to a job in that employer)

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important to have a college-wide "one message" approach

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important to have a college-wide "one message" approach

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Marketing and targeting strategy devised within teams

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Marketing and targeting strategy devised within teams

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Discussion on units, who to endorse, what do they want

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Discussion on units, who to endorse, what do they want

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Understanding what employers need from students leaving college

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more on-line and evening provision to help local business up-skill their employees

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Travel lodge

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Find a designated person in each department to deal with employer engagement and endorsement 

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Find a designated person in each department to deal with employer engagement and endorsement 

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WorkPlace are not good. They work well with MH who are generally more able but fail their SEND applicants.

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Reach out to employers to see what the shortfall in skills are

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Reach out to employers to see what the shortfall in skills are

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Better IAG for our learners so that they are clear about career opportunities and progression opportunities including self-employment

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Better IAG for our learners so that they are clear about career opportunities and progression opportunities including self-employment

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Not just a PR activity - Meaningful employment

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Employer branded/sponsored rooms/offices in the college

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Working group that collaborate with employers. Eg  what does the employer want and what can we offer

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Be more pro-active in working with our partners e.g. WorkPlace - they have links with thousands of employers. We need to show them how we can work together for the benefit of local residents and employers

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Be more pro-active in working with our partners e.g. WorkPlace - they have links with thousands of employers. We need to show them how we can work together for the benefit of local residents and employers

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Be active in and proactive in forming employer forums

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Be active in and proactive in forming employer forums

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Careers day. Open event for employers and students

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1. Increase awareness of links we already have, what they do, who to contact in the college for further information.
2. ‘How to Guide’ - checklist to follow if you have an idea regarding creating a link with an employer. Open an avenue for discussion.
3. Brexit strategy - communication with employers regarding their concerns in order to create a fuller picture

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Revive old ones, see where present ones have relevance to other areas

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central driver for sharing employer information. needs to be more collaborative and employer-focused. The CRM should inform everything we do in the organisation and all of us should know how to use it

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1. WorkLab involvement with SEND Job Coaches
2. Know students and their employment aims/abilities
3. Parents volunteer to interview students