FEATURE
APPRENTICESHIPS The business case for By Anne Ashman, General Manager at MVIS
Matlock-based sister companies, Mobile Visual Information Systems (MVIS) and Bartco UK, leading suppliers of intelligent transport system (ITS) products and solutions to the traffic management sector, are leading advocates of apprenticeships, having yielded considerable business benefits from their own long- standing scheme. In this feature, General Manager Anne Ashman discusses
the considerable advantages the companies have accrued as a result of this Government-funded initiative, and corrects a few common misconceptions that still prevail.
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS Apprenticeships are focused on manual trades Not true. Businesses in any sector from legal firms to schools can get involved in apprenticeship training. It is increasingly popular with businesses looking to develop soft skills including sales. At MVIS we’ve used the apprenticeship scheme to
develop our team’s technical, managerial and soft skills sets.
Apprenticeships are for school-leavers Partly true. They are designed for anyone from school leaving age looking to combine work with study to gain
skills and knowledge in a specific job. They are increasingly popular with an older demographic, with one report stating that people aged 25 or older accounted for 46% of all apprenticeship starts in 2016/17.
Apprenticeships are male dominated Not true. It’s a somewhat even split and in 2016/17, 54% of apprenticeship starts were by women. Rebecca Saint in purchasing and stock control joined
MVIS as an apprentice in March 2015 and Tillie Wooliscroft joined as an admin apprentice in June 2017.
Apprenticeships are designed to attract new talent Partly true. They can also be set up to strengthen the skills of your existing workforce.
APPRENTICESHIPS – THE BENEFITS Apprenticeships are an extremely versatile and cost- effective way to acquire, develop and nurture the skills your workforce needs to compete and succeed, especially if your business is in a highly specialised or technical sector like ours. A recent study of 300 senior decision-makers commissioned by Pareto Law suggests that business
Taking control of attraction and recruitment – Free workshop
In the latest Quarterly Economic Survey by the Chambers, 60% of businesses said they attempted to recruit and 58% of these reported difficulties in recruiting. Recent research undertaken by Access Generation CIC and Talent Match found that two out of three Leicestershire companies had a very poor or non- existent job or careers section on their website. Currently the employment market is tightening, competition for experienced people is greater and costs associated with the use of agencies remains high. So, what can you do to take control of your attraction and recruitment? Learn from the experience and insights gained from research of over 200 Leicestershire companies, brought to you by Access Generation CIC and Talent Match Leicestershire.
In partnership with:
Talent Match Leicestershire is a Big Lottery Fund initiative designed to support young people who have been out of work or education for 12 months or more. Visit
princes-trust.org.uk/talentmatch
42 business network February 2018
About the Workshop Find out the dos and don’ts for the candidate journey, support content and employer brand to help you attract and recruit the right candidates. The workshop will include guided activities and conversations.
Date & time Wednesday 28th February 2018, 9:00am – 13:00pm
Outcomes Understand the key messages you need to attract the right candidates and learn how to reduce the cost of recruitment by creating your own pool of people.
Who should attend? Hiring managers, HR, marketing and operational leads - Places are limited.
About the trainer Chris Tarry has experience in managerial and senior roles and has built successful teams across sales, marketing and customer services. As a training and coaching expert, Chris
has a passion for youth employment and employee engagement. He brings practical experience of competency based recruitment and has designed and built award-winning apprenticeship and graduate schemes. He founded community interest company,
Access Generation CIC, which aims to encourage businesses to employ and invest in inexperienced young people.
More information: To secure your free place, visit
www.accessgeneration.co.uk/events-training
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