GetMyFirstJob Case Study: Street League

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1 Case Study: How are using s TalentPortal to help tackle national youth unemployment TalentPortal

2 Page 2 How are using s TalentPortal to help tackle national youth unemployment We know that as well as apprenticeship recruitment, many training providers and colleges now offer a full traineeship programme. Some of the biggest challenges that they face with traineeship recruitment is finding NEETs who would benefit from the programme. With many young people leaving school needing additional training and support, but not wanting to identify themselves to organisations such as the Job Centre or youth unemployment charities, they often fall through the crack. The platform is all inclusive and doesn t visibly single out young people who may need additional help to get into an apprenticeship role, therefore they don t feel discouraged to sign up. We have a diverse database of young people who would benefit from a traineeship and pre-apprenticeship programme. info@

3 Page 3 Whitepaper is the UK s leading sport-for-employment charity, working all across the UK to tackle youth unemployment. Using the power of sport, dance and fitness they support people into positive outcomes such as employment, education and training. Through their award-winning Academy programmes, they offer support to young people seeking employment. The course involves a number of core employability and personal development sessions such as CV building, interview preparation, barrier removal and improving communication skills. They operate in a highly competitive market where funding is extremely tight so there is a real challenge in recruiting the right young people for their programmes. Their main source of referrals has been the job centre, but today, more and more young people are avoiding going into the system and therefore have the challenge to find these hidden young people who still need their support. info@

4 Page 4 Whitepaper (continued) Since their programmes are short (typically 10 weeks long), they have limited time to work with the young person to progress them. This means needs a robust process to identify the young people they feel realistically can have a chance of making huge improvements in a short time. This is where s TalentPortal has provided an immense help. has provided with access to young people who are looking to progress on. is able to gain vital information about candidates before they meet them, such as previous school grades, work experience and interests. This had previously taken several weeks to gather, but using it was already in the searchable candidate database. This means that they can put an action plan together before they arrive which effectively means that their chance of progressing on into a positive destination increases, which is great news both for them and for. info@

5 Page 5 Whitepaper (continued) is still in the pilot phase of using, but they are already seeing great benefit as a result. They can very quickly see if a young person has similar interests in the areas they can help them with, such as matching their job sectors with employers that are offering opportunities. For example, on their September intake in Leeds, they were looking to recruit 15 young people in total. From, they managed to select 17 candidates from which 13 were eligible. From this, 11 turned up on the first day and registered. This is a brilliant result from a fairly low resource other than phone calls. It was reported from the tutors in Leeds that the calibre of candidates recruited in September was also slightly higher than previous cohorts. info@

6 Page 6 Whitepaper (continued) Using the system has allowed staff to cut down on the amount of travelling they have had to do such as to various different referral partners. Instead, they are now able to work through a ready-made list of potential candidates and all it requires is a call or a text to them. recommends other Training Providers to trial. The fact that you can trial the system for 3 months before committing to it long-term takes away any risk. For the investment it costs, said that they think it is great value for money, it can quite literally change the way your organisation performs. The team is very supportive and made the whole experience a very positive one. Therefore, recommends using GetMytFirstJob to anyone in this industry. info@

7 Page 7 Whitepaper (continued) Traineeship Recruitment As well as offering a full apprenticeship recruitment work flow, the TalentPortal also offers the infrastructure for successful traineeship recruitment. Our ready-made database of young people helps training providers easily proactively search young people who would meet the traineeship criteria. The shortlist functionality offers a full ProActive Search enabling you to target specific locations as well as using specifically built traineeship shortlist search criteria, instantly finding candidates who would suit your programmes. Our unique 5 stage traineeship recruitment ladder offers a full work flow for your traineeship model, including unsuccessful, shortlist, prescreen, invite to assessment centre, right through to inducting candidates on the programme and closing the vacancy. info@

8 Page 8 Whitepaper (continued) Targeted Campaigns As well as ProActive Search for traineeship provision, we can also get your message or vacancies directly into young people s inboxes. Provide your own HTML or provide us with a brief and we will create the campaign for you. We will then profile the data for you based on your criteria and send out the campaign. info@