Recruit an Apprentice

Why not enhance your organisation’s succession planning and future performance by bringing on board motivated new apprentices?

Apprenticeships can help businesses across all sectors by offering a route to harness fresh new talent. They present a real opportunity to improve your bottom line, fill skills gaps and motivate your workforce.

Skills shortages are a concern for many UK employers and, and more than a quarter of these rate this form of vocational training higher than any other qualification.

Apprenticeships ensure that your workforce has the practical skills and qualifications your organisation needs now and in the future. The mixture of on and off job learning ensures they develop the skills that work best for your business.

Up and down the country, thousands of workplaces offer apprentice places because they understand the benefits that apprentices bring to their business – increased productivity, improved competitiveness and a committed and competent workforce.

Access the National Apprenticeship Service’s Return on Investment (ROI) calculator here. This is designed to help you understand the returns you can possibly gain on investing in Apprenticeships.

http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/Employers/ROI-Tool.aspx

Further Research can be seen as part of a study carried out by the University of Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER). It demonstrated that Apprenticeships are an investment by employers and where the investment is nurtured, the returns to the employer are significant.

http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/Employers/The-Benefits/IER-Research.aspx

The London Academy of Apprenticeships can work with you for one off vacancies to large scale recruitment. A dedicated Apprentice Recruitment Team will support you to meet your requirements, offering a full recruitment and selection process from advertising to initial assessment, providing you with a select number of candidates to interview. This is a fully funded service with no costs for advertising or expensive recruitment fees. All successful candidates are supported by an Apprenticeship programme delivered on or off-site by Hawk Training.

The London Academy of Apprenticeships in association with Hawk Training helps employers to recruit apprentices in the following occupational sectors.

- Business Administration
- Childcare
- Customer Service
- Hospitality and Catering
- IT Users
- Retail
- Team Leading / Management
- Warehousing and Storage

To apply for opportunities in the sectors above click here

For other sectors please click here

An Employer's Guide to Apprenticeships

This guide provides information, advice and guidance for employers who wish to know more about how Hawk Training can work with them to deliver Apprenticeship programmes within their workplace.

Download here