General qualifications grades have changed many times over the years making it hard for any business to decipher and understand recruits qualification. Use the links to learn more and see the rough comparisons between various standard qualifications.
Employment & Recruitment
Supportive documents to help make employing and recruitment easier. This is a growing resource, so please call back regularly to find additional or updated information and advice.
Understanding Qualifications
Apprenticeship Support & Recruitment
Apprenticeships will help futureproof industry and provide an excellent route to secure a skilled, diverse future workforce.
Apprentices are aged 16 or over and combine working with studying to gain skills and knowledge in a specific job. Apprentices not only become work-ready at an earlier stage but also grow into the individual businesses culture sooner.
The need is great, the CITB state that we need an extra 266,000 workers over the next five years just to ensure construction can continue to thrive, many of those will go through the apprenticeship route, learning the needed skills first hand.
Learn more about employing apprentices in any sector, how it works, the costs, and levy transfer.
About ApprenticeshipsApprenticeship FundingApprenticeship Service RegistrationRecruit an ApprenticeHigher & Degree ApprenticeshipsApprenticeship Training Course FinderConstruction Industry SupportSkills Training Locator
T Levels, what they are & how they work
T Levels are new 2-year courses which are taken after GCSEs and are broadly equivalent in size to 3 A Levels.
Understanding Internships
Internships provide a fantastic opportunity to build your professional skills by offering you a fixed period of employment within a particular field. This makes them a great way to apply your learning, build a better understanding of your chosen profession and even find a job. In fact, many companies use internship programmes to assess a graduate’s capabilities, before fast-tracking them into a full-time position.
MAP Courses (Modular Acceleration Programme)
The Modular Acceleration Programme (MAP) is a 2-year pilot to fund tuition fees for learners to study modules of higher technical qualifications such as a Higher National Certificate (HNC) or Higher National Diploma (HND) which are levels 4 and 5 respectively. Visit the college websites to discover which courses are available.
Understanding MAPTelford CollegeShrewsbury Colleges GroupHereford, Ludlow & North Shropshire College
Getting Started with Flexible Working
Recent research conducted by the British Chambers of Commerce outlines a significant number of unfilled vacancies. There is an untapped market of individuals who are currently seeking part-time hours, flexible working arrangements, remote opportunities and different approaches to work.
Many businesses are yet to adopt flexible working practices, often not knowing where to start and not fully realising the benefits, potentially missing out on a talented and diverse pool of candidates worsening the skills shortage.
Employing for the First Time
This Government resource will help you to understand all your obligations when you take on staff. From contracts to rights to work.
Essential Skills
Understanding the level of essential skills, such as teamwork to problem solving, that staff have is important. Helping you to develop your workforce to meet your needs.
ACAS – Supporting Employers for Free
For employees and employers in England, Scotland and Wales.
Find advice on employment law, HR processes and good practice at work.
Employing Disabled People
A practical guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition.
Employment & Recruitment