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Skills for Employability

Lesley Hurst – SemtaBusiness Partner

25th September 2013

Perception is everything...

How things have changed...

Global Competition

Recover our position fromRecover our position from 1212thth to the TOP 10 to the TOP 10

Licensed to Skill

Nurturing future talent

We need 96,300 Engineers, Scientists and Technologists….

…. just to replace retirements to 2016!

(Source: Semta IER)

Does your workforce have the skills to make your business grow?

Nurturing future talent

Apprenticeships

Higher Apprenticeships

Undergraduates

Graduates

Career Advancement

Existing Employees

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Employer Investment Fund – Apprenticeships

• Only 11% of Employers offer apprentices

• Barriers for SMEs is bureaucracy, funding and headcount restraints

• Target is to double the amount of employers who offer apprentices to 20% = 4,000

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Employer Investment Fund – Graduates

• Only 15% of SMEs engage with Higher Education

• Barriers are lack of understanding on how to Engage with SMEs, how to recruit, train and Develop a graduate and what to pay them

• The target is to support 500 SMEs to recruit a STEM graduate by March 2014

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Employer Investment Fund - Supply Chain

• UK Target – 2,200 assessments to be completed

• UK Actual – 1,448 assessments completed as of 24/09/2013

Human vs. Machine

Your Move...

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