Guide to Supplier Services for Apprentice Employers

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AllAboutGroup

AllAboutGroup work with more than 150 apprenticeship employers and help them through the entire recruitment cycle. We can help you with your entire early recruitment piece from programme design and delivery, awareness and attraction and reaching influencers to benchmarking your programme against the market, research to inform your strategy and we can help with your assessment and selection process. We’ll provide you with outcomes you can rely on.

020 3651 4919 | allaboutgroup.org | @AllAboutGroup_

Amberjack

Amberjack are experts in Future Talent & Campaign Based Volume Recruitment. We help organisations set their apprenticeship strategies and then attract, select and onboard the best apprenticeship talent. We also optimise the return organisations get from their apprenticeship training providers. Our best-known Apprentice campaigns include those for GSK, Morrisons, Mars, Atkins, PwC, Deloitte, EY & Tesco.

01635 584130 | weareamberjack.com | @weareamberjack

Capp & Co Ltd

Capp’s bespoke services and off-the-shelf products have been designed specifically for all levels of qualifications within the Apprenticeship Market, whilst complementing our existing processes & assessments across the Early Talent sphere. Our in-depth data on this population has enabled us to identify 8 Core Strengths required to be successful in any apprentice role, and mapped strengths for each of the Apprentice Standards, all measured through robust Strengths, Numerical & Mindset Testing.

01217 265900 | capp.co | @capp_co

The apprenticeship levy is transforming the student recruitment and development market. ISE member apprentice vacancies grew by 50% last year compared to just 7% for graduates. Barely two years old, the levy regulations governing the market continue to evolve. Employers, educators and suppliers are working hard to develop new ways of attracting, recruiting and developing apprentice talent.

The ISE exists to help its member network make sense of the labour market and connect employers with service providers who can deliver effective solutions. This is why we have produced this guide.

Within these pages you find details of organisations who have developed products for the apprentice market. Products designed to ensure our industry makes the most of our country’s new approach to vocational training.

We hope you find it useful.

Stephen Isherwood

Chief Executive, Institute of Student Employers

GTI

GTI delivers an integrated range of services and resources to schools to help pupils understand their strengths, research options and build skills through TARGETcareers FUTUREWISE. With an informed audience, it is a proven channel to promote apprenticeships. Using the trendence UK school’s study, our research team can help you strategise and refine early careers campaigns to attract the best talent. TARGETrecruit partners with employers to attract, assess and manage their recruitment process.

01491 826262 | groupgti.com | @Group_GTI

ICAEW

Apprenticeships with ICAEW are a fantastic way of offering cost-effective accountancy training to new or existing employees. They can make your organisation more productive, reduce recruitment costs and provide staff with the finance skills your business needs today and in the future. You can do two apprenticeships with ICAEW the Level 4 Accounting Technician and the Level 7 Accountancy Professional. Both apprenticeships set your staff well on their way to become chartered accountants.

01908 248338 | icaew.com/growyourbusiness | @ICAEW

MyKindaFuture

Through their network of 6,500 schools and colleges across the UK, MyKindaFuture support employers to engage, attract, recruit and on board the very best Apprentice talent; using a mix of face to face targeted engagement and technology. “MyKindaFuture’s strong network and relationships with schools has helped us efficiently promote the opportunities to teachers and students, whilst helping us build sustainable relationships close to our sites, that we will build on long-term.” Rolls-Royce

020 7620 4463 | www.mykindafuture.com/Employer/WhoWeAre @mykindafuture

Pathway CTM

Pathway CTM are a social enterprise; we work with 165 schools over 10 UK regions. This forms a student network of around 28,000 students who we help and support with exploring alternatives to the traditional ‘University route’. We use comms and outreach to promote brand opportunities and mentor students into apprenticeship applications. Social mobility and diversity are at the forefront of what we're working towards; we listen closely to the needs of employers and pride ourselves on innovation.

07927 700387 | pathwayctm.com | @PathwayCTM

RateMyApprenticeship.co.uk

Aimed at 14-18 year olds, RateMyApprenticeship.co.uk helps young people consider their apprenticeship and school leaver opportunities.

With over 100,000 visitors each month, the website provides employers with a trusted platform to promote their brand and apprenticeship opportunities to school and college leavers across the UK.

020 3056 7727 | ratemyapprenticeship.co.uk

@ratemyapp_ship

Soukias Jones Design

Q: How do you attract apprentices? A: Speak their language (visually & verbally)! Soukias Jones Design is a small group of experts specialising in branding and attraction solutions for early talent. Services include: • Insight and planning • Messaging and creative development • Design and copy • Web, film, animation, photography, print and social • Campaign management

ps. We designed ISE’s new brand identity!

07961 357 358 | soukiasjones.co.uk | @soukiasjones

Test Partnership

Test Partnership has launched MindmetriQ, a cutting edge suite of professional gamified assessments for use in emerging talent recruitment. Designed with Gen Z in mind, MindmetriQ is a scientifically-robust and engaging way to effectively screen high volumes of apprentice candidates. By combining the latest science with market-leading technology, MindmetriQ offers an exceptional candidate experience while providing meaningful insight into a candidate’s workplace potential.

020 7960 2897 | testpartnership.com

The Branding Man

Whether you’re interested in developing impactful future talent attraction strategies or looking to better educate young people with content that speaks their language, I offer a range of services designed to suit those who are new to early careers, looking to improve existing brand activity or keen to extend their reach and influence: ‘Behind the Brand’™ Consulting – Early Careers Brand Masterclasses – Coaching and Mentoring

07736 043224 | thebrandingman.co.uk | @thebrandingman

UCAS Media

Recruit students actively considering a degree apprenticeship. Whether you want to drive acquisition activity to fill places on your apprenticeship programmes, or you are looking to identify future talent, UCAS Media has the full attention of those keen to understand their progression options. Our unique data underpins a number of strategic planning, operational and marketing recruitment services. We can reach those students most likely to convert, so your message will have even more impact.

01242 544894 | ucasmedia.com | @UCASMedia

Work Ready

The impact of the Apprenticeship Levy and uncertainty over Brexit has made successful schools engagement an urgent but challenging task for employers. Work Ready provides CPD accredited employability skills training and additional curriculum content enabling schools to help meet Ofsted requirements. We provide our services on behalf of partnering employers who wish to engage with schools and colleges in target areas, creating unique apprenticeship pipelines whilst delivering huge CSR benefits.

020 7046 7082 | workready.org.uk | @workreadyuk

YMCA Lakeside

YMCA Lakeside is the largest Outdoor Education Centre in the UK. Set in hundreds of acres of woodland on the shores of Lake Windermere the centre has welcomed over 1 million guests & boasts the most experienced and passionate instructors in the industry. With over 50 activities to choose from including kayaking, sailing & bushcraft the centre is the perfect venue for CPD programmes. With a £6.8m new campus opening in spring 2019 YMCA Lakeside can comfortably accommodate over 400 guests.

015393 39000 | www.lakesideymca.co.uk | @YMCALakeside

The Outward Bound Trust

Outward Bound are the behavioural development partner of choice for many of the UK’s top apprenticeship employers.

We know how to instil the behaviours that will enable your apprentices to thrive, to navigate the demands of the workplace and the complexities of being part of a multi-generational workforce.

We’re on the RoATP and our programmes are 90% fundable through the apprenticeship levy and count toward 20% off the job training.

01931 740000 | outwardbound.org.uk/apprentices

@outwardbounduk