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Recruitment and retention advice and support

We have developed a number of services to assist local employers with recruitment and retention issues. You can find out more about them here.

Age Diversity in Employment

Providing information, advice and guidance for employers on how to improve recruitment and retention by taking a look at the abilities of older workers in the areas of recruitment, selection, promotion, training, redundancy and retirement. This service is provided by the Portsmouth & South East Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Portsmouth City Council. For more details telephone 023 9244 9449.

New Deal

Providing training and support for people with disabilities and the unemployed, helping them back into work with the skills that employers want.  Part of the Government’s New Deal initiative, this dedicated unit which is part of Portsmouth City Council, can identify the right recruits for your business, offer work trials and give ongoing support to you to make sure that your new employee suits the needs of your organisation.

Portsmouth Childcare Advice & Training (CHAT)

Free information and guidance for local employers in assisting with childcare and family issues, in order to help with the recruitment and retention of workers who are parents with children aged 0-20 years. Portsmouth CHAT can also support employers looking to open their own workplace childcare provision and recruit childcare workers. For more details contact the CHAT team on 023 9269 5000, email CHAT@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or visit the Childcare website.

Pride in Pompey

Pride in Pompey can help you enhance the quality of your business and boost your competitiveness with a range of flexible training packages to suit your business needs, including:

• business administration
• confidence building
• customer service
• first aid
• food hygiene
• IT from beginners to advanced, including Microsoft Office
• skills for life
• time management

Many of our training programmes can be delivered on-line or on site to minimise disruption in your workplace.  Your employees may be eligible for free training, subject to status. For more details telephone 023 9229 8288.

Work Life Balance

Providing information, advice and guidance on how to improve recruitment and retention by introducing flexible working , providing local child care information and keeping up to date with the latest legislation on flexible working. For more details telephone 023 9284 1119.

Other organisations

In addition to our own services, we work with other organisations that provide further recruitment and retention support. Some of these include the following:

Business+

Business+ places a graduate in your company to work on your project under supervision and at low cost to you.  Do you need assistance to develop a new product, improve an existing one, optimise your production, improve your marketing strategy or optimise your business methods?  Would your plans benefit from the skills and new ideas of a high quality graduate backed by University knowledge and resources?  And would you like financial support to achieve this?  Download the flyer below to find out more, or email businessplus@port.ac.uk

Jobcentre Plus

They offer a wide range of advice and support at every stage of the recruitment process, such as labour market information and alternative recruitment channels, as well as placing your vacancy in the job centre. You can advertise your vacancies by calling Employer Direct on 0845 601 2001. Visit the Jobcentre website to find out more.

University of Portsmouth

If you are looking to fill a full-time or temporary vacancy, or if you have a specific issue or problem that can be tackled on a short-term or project basis, Purple Door student and graduate recruitment services can help.Visit the university website to get more detailed information.

In addition, most students will undertake some form of employment while studying to help with their finances.  The Job Shop has been established many years and helps employers by advertising part time and vacational employment opportunities to students. Visit the university website for more information.

Associated documents:

  Business+ Factsheet  (0.09 MB)

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