Business Benefits
In today's society business and schools are mutually dependent. By working collabortatively with schools, business in the North East can make a real difference in helping schools to increase the levels of achievement and employability of young people in the region.
Business in the North East can make a real difference in helping schools to increase the levels of achievement and employability of young people in the region.
The Benefits for Business
- help your business understand why helping schools to develop tomorrow's workforce with the skills that business needs is imperative.
- help your business access and interact with schools in a managed and co-ordinated way, ensuring you have access to the information you need to understand the modern education system, its study routes and qualifications.
- give you an opportunity to discuss your experience of working with schools with other businesses and share your learnings.
- give you the opportunity to help develop the next workforce generation with the skills your business needs in the workplace.
- give you the opportunity to provide young people with a better awareness of career opportunities in your industry and advise them on route to those careers.
- the chance to improve the local opportunities for young people that may not otherwise be available.
- the chance to make a real difference to social problems in your local area that are caused by low achievement in education or low employability.
How the School Benefits
- better employability skills for students.
- mentoring and leadership from businesses to help them perform better as an organisation
- leadership from business on how to prepare tomorrow's workforce.
- in-kind support from some of the largest employers in the North East.
- long-term relationships with business which help the two organisations ensure commitment and continuity.
- opportunities for pupils and staff to meet and work with employees from a range of local businesses.
