impress communications an employer’s perspective on potential opportunities, benefits and issues...
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Impress Communications
An employer’s perspective on potential opportunities, benefits and issues for work experience at 16+
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- Small to medium sized companies are the UK’s forgotten army – the CBI- 4.8 million – 60% of private sector jobs and over half of private sector turnover- Significant source of work placement- I run two
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- A PR and advertising agency- A bi-monthly magazine- Each with less than 10 employees- Delivering work experience to pre and post 16 students
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- Personally active in the school’s careers service via the PA- Delivering termly seminars- Biennial careers fair- Proactive work among parent body
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DON’T – - over-egg the role- dismiss the local SME- underestimate the time, effort and work being incurred by the SME
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The good- Prepared- Done their research- Know the company- Understand the +s and -s
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The bad- No interest- low boredom threshold- No prior research about us, what we do and our sector- an opportunity to skive- expect too much
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The ugly- No appreciation for the time and attention being given- giving nothing back- almost rude and disruptive- a sour taste in the mouth
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How can you help- Provide clear advice + guidance - Cut down on paperwork + admin- Help with monitoring + evaluation- Help with the nitty-gritty – Insurance, H&S; law- Don’t pay lip service to partnership
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