Recruitment and staff development
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Opportunities for recruitment
Many employees enjoy volunteering opportunities, especially involving young people, and are likely to experience higher job satisfaction, and according to some studies, productivity. Potential employees may be impressed by the employer's priority of working with students in schools, making them more willing to accept a job offer over other job offers. In a 2005 Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Survey, 63% of graduates said that an employer's ethical and environmental stance would influence their decision on whether or not to apply for a specific job.
Staff development
Many employees enjoy volunteering opportunities, especially involving young people, and are likely to experience higher job satisfaction, and according to some studies, productivity.
The cost of developing staff - equipping them with the skills, knowledge and attitudes to allow them to progress within an organization - are high and unpredictable in outcomes. An increasing number of employers see opportunities for employees to work with schools/colleges and young people as a means of staff development. Whether as mentors, school governors or as classroom speakers, employees can gain and develop skills of value to the workplace. For employees, who may be looking to build their own CVs, this is an important incentive in getting involved.
Human resources: the future workforce
"Talent is about the inherent quality in people to be good at something. We are facing the biggest restructuring of the world economy since the rise of the USA. Britain needs to urgently address the gap between where the country is today and where we need to be to remain competitive." Stephen Howard, Chief Executive, Business in the Community
Investing in young people can have important benefits for employers as well as students and society as a whole.
- By working with schools and sharing expertise, the employer's influence will help to ensure that today's students are prepared for and informed about the world of work that awaits.
- Employers will help to inspire the workforce of tomorrow and ensure that they are knowledgeable and experienced about a corporate world that increasingly only has room for the best.
- Employers will have the advantage of being able to recruit from a pool of talented people who have benefited from their support.
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