Published: 27 Nov 2024
Next week, the Careers and Enterprise Company, the national body for careers education in England, is hosting a webinar for an introduction to their Employer Standards.
Employer Standards is a framework and tool designed to assist employers in assessing where they have gaps in their workforce and then demonstrates how to improve an organisation’s careers education outreach, which ‘will help you open new pathways and opportunities in your sector for young people’. Over 850 employers nationwide already use this framework to provide focus for their outreach and, importantly, make sure that their efforts are aligned with their business goals too.
Every young person should know about land surveying as a career
At recent member events and at numerous networking meetings, we have had many conversations with members about how best to engage with young people and make sure every young person knows about land surveying as a career. Without doubt, everyone understands the importance of doing this to help address our current critical skills gap. However, finding the means of doing so can sometimes seem an overwhelming challenge.
At TSA, we are working with members, organisations and academic institutions to find the best way of doing this, at a national, regional and local level. Many of our members are already doing fantastic work, whether they are going into local schools and colleges to talk to students, offering apprenticeships or visiting nearby scout troops to introduce children to basic survey skills.
Join the webinar on 3rd December
The Careers and Enterprise Company has national coverage, with skills hubs covering all regions, each one having responsibility for the schools in their area, bringing employers and educational establishments together. Find out more about the organisation here https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/employers/employer-standards/
The Careers and Enterprise Company’s webinar is just one further resource which may help our members with their talent pipeline by improving their outreach to schools, making contact with potential trainees and attracting the next generation of land surveyors.
As well as finding out more about Employer Standards, there will be an opportunity to have your questions about the tool, framework and resources by a member of the Employer Standards team. You can register for the webinar here
