BUSINESSES

Learning through Business, learning about Business, learning for Business - how it can help your business

There are four main kinds of benefits to Businesses from getting involved with schools

1. Help recruitment and prepare the workforce of the future

• raise education standards in key subject areas
• improve key skills for employability
• make the company more attractive to potential recruits
• increase the size and quality of the recruitment pool
• contribute to raising the skills base locally
• promote positive attitudes towards business and industry

2. Help develop existing staff

• encourage employees to be more supportive of the company
• provide job enrichment
• provide cost-effective training
• allow employees to become the company’s ambassadors in the local community
• provide opportunities to learn from and to influence education

3. Help fulfill the company's community responsibilities

• provide opportunities to demonstrate corporate social responsibility
• bring greater influence with local opinion formers
• give the company a positive image in the local community

4. Give access to resources

• low-cost training opportunities
• cost effective services in translation, design and market research
• different perspectives into the management and operations of the company
• provide a fresh perspective on work practices

Go to our FactFile pages to find out more and to see how your company can get involved or just e mail us at philip.day@connexionscp.co.uk