Employers
Whether you are volunteering with a school or college or are developing your business’s approach to education outreach then you can find helpful resources below. Use the filters to surface the most appropriate material.
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Education Landscape: A guide for Employers
Resources for employers to access a single source of truth which makes the education and skills landscape easier to navigate.
Experiences of the Workplace (BM6) Step by step guide for Employers
Developed in partnership with Careermap, these resources contain all the information employers need to offer experiences of the workplace to young people.
Resources include a webinar and slide deck to support employer understanding.
Inclusion mag for Employers
The Careermag for Inclusion series is designed for employers who do not currently work with young people with SEND. It showcases case studies of success to inspire employers to get involved and highlights the benefits for the young people and for the business.
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Cornerstone Employer Template Text for Websites
Some suggested messaging for when you are announcing your Cornerstone Employer role on your website.
Employer engagement in careers education: Insights 2020/21
This report draws out key insights from some of the employers most involved in careers education across the country, analysing how practice is evolving and what activity is generating impact. It draws on survey data from ninety businesses of different shapes, types, sectors and in each region of England, and analyses their experiences of preparing students for the world of work.
Employers: Why Volunteer to be an Enterprise Adviser
Working with a local school or college, your role as an Enterprise Adviser can help support pathways into your industry and shape young people's futures.
You can help bridge the gap between the world of work and education, working with the Careers Leader and wider senior leaders of the school or college to create opportunities for young people.
Teacher CPD delivered by employers. What works?
Teacher continuing professional development (CPD) delivered by employers can refer to a variety of professional development activities where an employer is the primary facilitator of training. But what impact do teacher placements have and what can we learn about lessons in best practice?
How to Support Careers and Enterprise Activities in Schools: a Practical Guide for Employers
We partnered with the CBI to undertake research to better understand how employers engage with schools. From this research we have produced this practical guide for employers who want to engage with schools together with a compendium of case studies from businesses.
DMA Talent: Autism Employers guide
DMA Talent’s Neurodiversity Initiative has worked alongside experts, brands and leading industry figures, some with neurodevelopmental conditions themselves, to define best practice and develop a forum where businesses can discuss neurodiversity.
DMA Talent: Dyslexia Employers guide
To help employers understand dyslexia, how to treat employees as individuals, and how to make reasonable adjustments for them so they can thrive in the workplace, we’ve collaborated alongside the DM Trust and specialists to create a detailed guide.
Employers Give an Hour Flyer
A flyer to help promote the Give an hour campaign to potential volunteers.
Employers Enterprise Adviser Recruitment Social Banners
Social banners to share on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Employers: Enterprise Adviser microsite
Your experience matters.
Help schools and colleges shape futures by becoming an Enterprise Adviser.
Employers Enterprise Adviser Toolkit
This toolkit is a resource for creating your own marketing material for the EA Recruitment Campaign ‘Rewrite The Story’.
Included are campaign design asset examples with guidance on how to create and tailor them for specific outputs such as social media posts, posters, case studies and presentations.
Employers: Give an Hour Social banners
Social banners to share on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Supporting Employers
Working with Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Step by step resources to support Employers and Enterprise Advisers when working with young people with SEND. Designed to increase levels of confidence in providing experiences and encounters of work, these resources will not only benefit young people with SEND, but also your business and workforce.
An Employer’s guide to supporting STEM careers education in England
This Employer’s guide to STEM careers education explains how employer engagement can support secondary schools and colleges in England to deliver high-quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers education.
Access the resource here.