Business Speed Networking – Saint George Catholic College.
Location: Saint George Catholic College - Southampton
17/10/2024
8.30am-1.20pm
EBP South provide a one-point of contact to manage a range of work experience for businesses across Hampshire including Portsmouth, Southampton and Basingstoke.
EBP South provide a complete in-person work experience service for schools and businesses, making us the one-point of contact for work experience. This includes both block 1 week or 2 weeks and extended placements that take place across the whole year.
We work with businesses to provide a full ‘placement suitability’ service which guarantees quality, appropriateness and safety of all placements.
Businesses can update their details, work experience placements, number of placements and availability for placements throughout. Students then search for a placements that are of interest to them in their local area and apply for them.
Once students apply you will be informed, at this point you can ask for more information and/or interview them before you accept their application. You can accept or decline their request.
We work with businesses to create suitable job descriptions and to ensure that you have the correct health and safety measures and documentation in place.
Extended Work Experience Placements are a great way for young people to get real experience of the workplace over a number of weeks. The employers requirements are no different to having a student on a 2 week placement but instead they attend your workplace for 1 day a week.
Businesses see it as a way to support the development of a young person to become an integral part of the team. It’s a great way to offer an on-going work experience placement and offer on the job training similar to an apprentice. There is no cost to businesses for providing an extended work experience placements.
Businesses of all sizes can advertise work experience opportunities at no cost through EBP South. We are a one point of contact enabling you to offer work experience to multiple schools across Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton.
We will:
Students are able to view the placement(s) and apply for them. Once they apply you will be informed, at this point you can ask for more information and/or interview them before you accept their application. You can accept or decline their request.
There is growing evidence employers use work experience placements as recruitment opportunities for young people. By having a work experience placement you can:
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