Advanced Engineering & Manufacturing Watchtower Event
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Struggling to recruit and retain staff in the Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing sector?
Learn from market leaders to ensure your organisation has the competitive edge it needs to compete in a challenging sector.
Come and Meet The Watchtower Team, a fully funded programme to support the sector, at our next FREE Event
AGENDA
08:45 – 09:15 |
Registration & Refreshments on arrival |
09:15 – 09:20 |
Welcome – Jaydee Davis, Operations Director, Community & Business Partners |
09:20 – 09:35 |
Watchtower overview & introduction Watchtower is a 2-year £1,000,000 initiative from Lancashire County Council to support the Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing (AEM) sector targeted at tackling some of the economic impacts of Covid-19 and stimulating growth and is delivered by;
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09:35 – 10.00 |
State of skills base in the sector – Geoff Mason, Lancashire Local Skills Improvement Plan An overview of the skills challenges within the sector and how employers can take a central role in directing local skills provisions |
10:00 – 10:30 |
Hear from Lancashire businesses on how they have overcome their challenges.
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10:30 – 10:35 | Break & Coffee |
10:35 – 11:00 |
Recruitment for the Sector – Mike Steel, CreateIT Recruitment How do I recruit? The steps you can take to address skills gaps and find the people you need, including why employer branding is so important, how to really write your job adverts and where to advertise to get the best candidates. |
11:00 – 11:25 |
Retention and onboarding of staff – Laura Hartley – Talent For Good You’ve recruited, now what? Steps you can take to onboard and retain your talent, focusing on retaining your existing skills base and reduce the risk of losing your talent to competitors. |
11:25 – 11:50 |
Q&A’s session with Keynote speakers and Watch Tower partners: ELE/Forsberg/Create IT Recruitment/LHR/Burnley College/CBP/NWAA |
11:50 – 12:00 |
Way forward and Close |
12:00 |
Networking & Lunch Event Close – Community & Business Partners |
Disclaimer - This event is for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering organisations and will be given priority access to this event incase of over subscription.
Location
Burnley College
Princess Way, Burnley, Lancashire BB12 0AN