Recruitment, apprenticeships and training

Advice

• Form the Future  supports local businesses to develop and offer apprenticeships through the Greater Cambridge Apprenticeship Service. The service supports any type of apprenticeship but especially in the much sought after STEM subjects – science, technology, engineering and maths.

• Growth Works with Skills connects employers and learners with opportunities that enable growth. They offer advice and support on Apprenticeships including levy support, internships, work experience as well as advice on training in general and upskilling staff. They also offer recruitment support through their recruitment platform.

• The Government offers step-by-step advice and information to employers on taking on an apprentice.
• You can also find out about the financial support  that is available towards the costs of training and assessing your apprentice.

Apprenticeship Providers

• Cambridge Regional College apprenticeship offers training in a variety of sectors. They have campuses in Cambridge and Huntingdon.
• Anglia Ruskin University offers degree apprenticeships and is looking for businesses to partner with.

Work placements, internships and work experience are a great way to find future employees, as they give you the opportunity to train and assess people over time.

Advice

• Form for the Future supports businesses to work with local schools and colleges to offer work experience and mentoring to school students.

• Growth Works with Skills connects employers and learners with opportunities that enable growth. They offer advice and support on Apprenticeships, including levy support, internships and work experience. They also give advice on training in general and upskilling staff. Growth Works with Skills also offer recruitment support through their recruitment platform.

Providers

• Cambridge Regional College students study a wide range of skills. Business training includes: IT, logistics, accounting and finance, business and management, and catering and hospitality. There is also construction and engineering training (including motor vehicle). Students learn skills such as: hairdressing, beauty and barbering. There are opportunities in: health, laboratories, safety and first aid, social care, and childcare. 
• Anglia Ruskin University can help you find second/third year undergraduates in a number of business disciplines, as well as science and technology, for up to a year. They also run KEEP+, which allows SMEs to have a subsidised intern for 12 weeks.
• Cambridge University’s Department of Engineering offers student placement opportunities to large and small businesses.
• The Career Transition Partnership (CTP) arranges work experience placements for people in the process of leaving the military. They are still serving whilst they are with you, therefore their wages are paid by the military.

In addition to the mainstream online jobs boards, agencies and local papers, there are alternative ways of recruiting staff.

Advice

• Growth Works with Skills connects employers and learners with opportunities that enable growth. They offer advice and support on Apprenticeships, including levy support, internships and work experience. They also advise on training in general and upskilling staff. They give recruitment support through their recruitment platform.
• HM Revenue & Customs have videos, email alerts and free webinars for employers.
• Jobcentre Plus offers an extensive range of services to help you grow and develop your business.

Providers

• Anglia Ruskin University’s Employment Bureau will help you recruit the University’s graduates. They have a free jobs listing service.
• Cambridge University’s Careers Service offers a range of recruitment opportunities for businesses who want to attract their graduates.
• The Government's Find a job allows you to advertise jobs and search for people whose CVs match your needs.
• Richmond Fellowship support people recovering from mental health problems to find paid employment.
• RightJob is an online job-matching facility for businesses looking to employ ex-military personnel. 
• Shaw Trust, a national charity, will help you recruit disabled and non-disabled individuals through their free service.