The effects of the current economic downturn are being felt worldwide. There are many ways businesses in Northern Ireland can find a wide range of practical information and advice about jobs, skills, training and redundancy designed to help them come through the recession.
This offers a range of apprenticeship opportunities to existing/newly recruited employees, of all ages. As an employer, you can play a vital role and reap huge business benefits by investing in apprenticeships including increased productivity and a more loyal workforce.
This provides assistance to inward investment companies and local companies who are taking on new staff. The programme helps with vacancy advertising, customised training of unemployed people to the job requirements and other associated recruitment services at no cost to the employer.
This programme involves the up-skilling of the existing Northern Ireland manufacturing workforce through the use of Business – Improvement Techniques (B-IT).
Support for employers to help them recruit people with health issues or disabilities and enable them to retain employees who become sick or disabled in their jobs.
A lack of good Essential Skills can prevent employees from carrying out their jobs to the best of their abilities. Improved Essential Skills in the workplace can assist with improved performance, quality and accuracy.
This is the most successful framework for business improvement through people management. It is easy to use, flexible and has been proved to increase profits, productivity, improve staff retention and sharpen your competitive edge.
The INTRO Graduate Programme is an Entry-Into-Management level initiative designed to speed the development of graduate managers, thus helping them become more productive within their organisations.
This offers several solutions to Northern Ireland Small to Medium and Social Enterprises, which can enhance the skills levels of their managers.
Provides a comprehensive portfolio of training options to help employers meet the specific development needs of their managers and leaders at all levels.
The RRNI team will engage with and respond to the needs of businesses and their employees across Northern Ireland during the economic downturn.
Whenever an employer proposes making redundancies, this service will offer them a package of support tailored to their needs and designed to equip their employees with the tools and information they will require when they re-enter the labour market. We will then plan, coordinate and deliver the package of support agreed with the employer.
A programme to help Employers retain Apprentices who they have placed or are considering placing on short time working at a minimum level of one day per week or the equivalent average over a longer period of time.
A 26 week package of assistance available to employers who recruit eligible clients.
The role of the Workforce Development Forum shall be to identify and articulate the skills needs for the local economy of the area and to encourage and promote a strategic response to those needs from existing local public and private sector training providers, within the existing local resource allocation.
There is a WDF in each of the six FE college areas.
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