Persuading employers to help
- PR and marketing opportunities within the community.
- Recruitment opportunities and building talent pipelines.
- Fresh ideas from young minds and new ways of thinking.
- Staff and management development opportunities.
- Reinforced corporate values and a more motivated workforce.
- Engagement with, and contribution to, the local community.
- Supporting a personal connection with a particular education establishment.
Discuss
Consider your, or your colleagues’, previous experiences of employer engagement.How did you persuade the employer to engage with you? Did the employer require anything in return (for example photographs, evidence of student work)?
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