Where innovation nurtures growth 

The Prepare 4 Success programme was developed as an answer to the many challenges that organisations face when recruiting young people straight from education.

 

In 2018, the Confederation of British Industries surveyed 291 companies (with a combined workforce of 1.5 million people). The question asked was; 'What do you look for from a new employee coming straight from education'?  The most remarkable outcome of this survey was that qualifications and skills ranked as the least most important requirement!

 

The survey highlighted that business leaders and

their managers have been very disappointed for a number of years, with the quality of youngsters entering the workplace, not disappointed with the amount of 'A' level exams they have achieved, but with their ability to function effectively in this new environment!

 

Leading National Trainings whole ethos is centred on the fact that qualifications, experience, and skills are not drivers of performance, it is behaviours that drive performance. So for us this was not really a revelation.

 

LNT then undertook our own survey with our clients to identify which skills were critical for them. It was the results of this survey that defined the content of the P4S programme. There are 8 core modules which all students complete, and 11 optional modules.

 

THE NEXT STEP

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The next stage was to look at how, and when, the P4S programme could be delivered. For the 'WHEN' our solution was to deliver the programme to students in their last year of studies, with the options of the programme being spread over the last 8 months of the students final year (1 module per month), during holiday periods, or over a number of weekends.

 

 

 

The 'HOW' (the funding) needed some more consideration, however the solution became quite clear, quite quickly! If local businesses where to support local places of education for the programme, it could then be fully branded with the sponsoring organisations name, terminology, case-studies, organisational structure, etc. This would give the local businesses a number of potential benefits;

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• Opportunity to select the best students for their business (once they completed their studies)

• Supports their CSR and raises their profile in the local community

• Gives their business an on-going partnership with the place of education

• Massive PR opportunities

• Can save time and money on recruitment 

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The benefits listed above, are just some that a businesses can enjoy from sponsoring a P4S programme. If you are a business considering sponsoring a programme please click button below for our FAQ, or if you are are a place of education, and would like to know more, please click on the relevant button.

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