Employers

We have strong enduring relationships with businesses all over Berkshire and Hampshire.  We work with employers to identify their business needs and in particular the challenges they face with recruitment, retention and diversity in their workforce.

WHAT WE CAN DO

We work with a range of employers to help meet their business needs.  Employers we work with come back for more!  Ways into Work can:
  • Support you to understand how creative recruitment solutions can help you tap into a range of talented and highly motivated to work individuals, resulting in a more diverse workforce.  
  • Work with you to find the right individuals for your business and provide ongoing support to you and your line managers to ensure a sustainable job match.
  • Provide Disability Awareness Training. 
  • Conduct a wider review of your business to look at further opportunities to increase diversity and meet CSR objectives. This may include a review of recruitment processes with accessibility recommendations.   
  • Provide support to work with your supply chain in order to create further opportunities to diversify the workforce.

Or get in touch now by calling us on 0300 561 0010 or clicking here.

WHY WORK WITH US?

So what are the benefits of working with us? They are numerous and this is evidenced by the fact that employers repeatedly come back to us. Increasing diversity in the workforce can: 
  • Reduce recruitment, retention and training related costs and potentially lower salary entry level tasks.
  • Increase job satisfaction, morale, employee engagement and retention.
  • Increase productivity and efficiency.
  • Create innovation. 
  • Provide access to a wider customer group (the purple pound). 
  • Enhance company image internally and externally.
  • Have a direct positive impact on your bottom line profitability.
To find out more about the benefits of working with us, get in touch on 0300 561 0010  or click here.

REDUCING BARRIERS

A number of barriers exist for people who have a disability in relation to gaining employment, the biggest of which tends to be the recruitment process itself. A large percentage of the people we support find it difficult to articulate their skills but that doesn’t mean they can’t do the job. We encourage and work with employers to advise them how to reduce those barriers so they have access to a potentially talented workforce.
 
This can be achieved in a variety of ways.  Our friends at Kier Construction set out to do just this.  You can watch the joint presentation we made at the Highways England Supplier Diversity Forum which describes the programme Kier put together with our support, to replace the traditional recruitment process.  It was an extensive programme which was uplifting for our clients and the Kier and Ways into Work staff involved.  A key message here though is it can be a simple process, not one that is at all time consuming.  We can:
  • Look at the jobs you need to fill and what they involve
  • Match them to individuals who have the skills you are looking for
  • Advise you on what reasonable adjustment could be made to the recruitment process (if needed)
  • Help you set up a ‘work trial’ for that individual which allows them to demonstrate they can do the job
Let us show you how.  Get in touch on 0300 561 0010 or click here.

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To find out more about how we can work together either call us on 0300 561 0010 or get in touch with us today.
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