Employability Think Tank

April 2010

Our second Employability Think Tank was hosted by SThree. It focused on empowering NEET young people or young people at risk of becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training) to get into work.

Key Points:

Update on what is going on already (and what has happened since the Employability Think Tank meeting in summer 2008)
Discussion on what can be done to inspire and up-skill young people to prepare them for employment
Developed project ideas for employers and community partners to work together to address priority issues

Key project ideas:

Mentoring young people
Peer-mentoring of charity workers / school teachers (including senior level)
Career talks – raising aspirations in school
Employability workshops (including CVs, mock interviews etc)
Work experience placements (and apprenticeships)
Work buddying
Pre-employment training
Networking events
Using social media such as Facebook

Resource link: Time & Talents Partners click here to download meeting notes and other useful info

July 2008

Our first Employability Think Tank took place in July 2008. It focused on providing a space for employers and youth services to brainstorm ideas around potential ways employers can get involved in pre-employment support to help young people find meaningful employment, through employer supported volunteering projects.

Key discussion points:

Barriers for young people around employability
Potential ways for employers to engage and support
Risks, challenges and solutions
Success criteria
Joint work in the future

Resource link: Time & Talents Partners click here to download the PDF file containing meeting notes and other useful info.