Are you a business looking to Future Proof your workforce?
Support and opportunities available to you to create a future-ready business.
Why become Future Ready?
Future Readiness is about investing in staff capabilities now to enable your business to thrive in the future. Building resilience and utilising your workforce to overcome the challenges predicted to influence the world of work over the next decade such as Technology.
The importance of upskilling and reskilling has been cited by organisations such as the World Economic Forum who based on a 2023 survey have predicted:
- 23% of today's jobs will change within the next 5 years
- 44% of workers core skills will change within the next 5 years
- an increase in the skills and talent gap means 6 in 10 workers will require training before 2027
How to become Future Ready?
Support development of your future workforce by:
Get in touch
If you would like to get involved, we would love to hear from you.
Please contact us by email: cec@worcestershire.gov.uk
Sharing expertise and knowledge with educational establishments:
shaping curriculum development and promoting career opportunities to best equip young people for the world of work.
Become an Enterprise Advisor
Working with educational providers to prepare students for the world of work.
Hold employability workshops
Support young people excel at the formal application process.
Hold mock interviews
Support young people put their skills into practice.
Provide industry visits or open door events
Work with educational providers to raise awareness of different industries, career options, qualification requirements, career progression opportunities, and employer expectations.
Provide apprenticeship talks and workshops
Work with educational providers to provide real life experiences from current apprentices.
Provide STEM activities
Work with educational providers to implement STEM in the curriculum to address future skills gaps within your business.
Become a Business Volunteer with Young Enterprise
Providing young people with the confidence and knowledge required for the world of work.
Teacher Encounter Programme
Information about the Teacher Encounter Programme.
Offering work placement opportunities:
supporting to address the skills gaps within your own organisation.
Offer work experience
Providing an opportunity for young people to experience the real working environment
Provide T Level placements
Work alongside educational providers by providing a 2 year work placement.
Provide Supported Internship placements
Work alongside educational providers by providing a workplace for young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities.
Hire a young person as an apprentice
Work alongside educational providers and provide a work opportunity for a young person.
Utilising available upskilling and reskilling opportunities
Access Multiply
Free Training for workers who wish to improve their numeracy skills.
Upskill your workforce by enrolling them on an apprenticeship
Worcestershire apprenticeships
Invest in your workforce through skills bootcamps
Skills bootcamps
Taking advantage of support opportunities
Raise your profile through careers fairs
Providing the opportunities to network and raise awareness of your business, and promote career options with young people.
Gain support from Worcestershire County Council
A variety of support options currently available from start-up support through to business growth.
Gain support from Worcestershire Growth Hub
A range of support from Green Energy and Net Zero to Skills and Training.
Raise your profile through the Worcestershire Skills Show
Providing the opportunities to network and raise awareness of your business, and promote career options with young people.
Gain support from the Federation of Small Businesses
Advice and guidance to build a skilled workforce.
Gain workforce planning support
Future proof your workforce by ensuring you have the right people, in the right roles, at the right time boosting competitive advantage and growth.
Gain Chamber of Commerce membership
Support for business growth and development.
Other useful information
What are the Gatsby Benchmarks?
The framework which defines the best careers provision within schools and college.
Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership
Find out more about the Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership and how its delivering economic growth.
Inspiring Worcestershire
Find out more about the programmes inspiring Worcestershire’s future workforce.
Economy, growth sectors, and labour market information
An overview of performance within Worcestershire.
Worcestershire Workforce Behaviours (PDF)
A PDF document full of definitions for different skills and behaviours that can be found in the
workplace.
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