Skills Conference will explore innovative way to recruit talent
Businesses will be urged to think outside the box when it comes to recruiting when they gather for Warwickshire County Council's fifth annual Skills Conference in March.
Competition to attract the best talent is tougher than ever for employers due to continuing strong growth in Warwickshire’s economy and very low levels of unemployment.
Add into the equation the continuing uncertainty surrounding Brexit and recruiting challenges for businesses are likely to become even harder.
Those challenge will be discussed, and a variety of potential solutions offered, when business and education leaders gather for the Warwickshire Skills Conference at the National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh on March 6th. The conference has become a highly-respected and valued annual event in the region's business calendar.
"Competition for business to attract the skilled young people they need has never been more intense," said Warwickshire County Council's Skills for Employment manager Glenn Robinson.
"That is why our fifth annual Warwickshire Skills Conference will explore some less conventional ways of recruiting talent.
"For example, thousands of graduates leave universities in Coventry and Warwick each year, yet relatively few apply for jobs in Warwickshire. Warwickshire County Council and the universities are keen to address that situation in order to keep more talent in the county.
"Also, many more students completing A levels these days are interested in working while they continue to develop through degree or higher apprenticeships, rather than going to university.
"The council is also helping a growing number of young people leaving care, or who have had a special educational need or disability. to enter the workforce.
All these topics and many more will be discussed in detail at the breakfast conference will take place between 8am and10 am on Wednesday 6th March 2019 at the National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, CV8 2LZ. Further details will appear in the January edition of Warwickshire Means Business.
To request further details to be sent to you when they are available, please e-mail skillsforemployment@warwickshire.co.uk