School outreach event follow up

Effective school outreach: How to positively impact workforce challenges

Thank you to everyone who attended our event. We hope you found it useful. If you would like to view a recording of the webinar you can do so below.

You can download a copy of the event slides here: Effective school outreach (56 downloads)

If you would like to hear more about Cohesion’s initiative specifically targeting younger people with the offering of weekend work, please contact Amanda.marques@cohesionrecruitment.com.

Q&A section

We have included a summary of the questions asked at our school outreach event.

Do Cohesion feel that school outreach needs to be a long term investment to see results?

School outreach can be part of a wider campaign to raise a setting’s profile in their local area and a way to give back to the community by forming long term relationships with schools and colleges. However, Cohesion can evidence that a 4-6 month targeted approach can drive increased applications and also diversity of applications. A previous 4 month campaign for a client resulted in 42% of applicants coming from schools Cohesion had engaged with which shows the short term positive impact school outreach can have.

Is school outreach purely effective for attracting school leavers looking for longer term career opportunities or can it also be suitable for frontline vacancies?

School outreach is definitely a great way to highlight career opportunities in care. It is also suitable for attracting young people who are looking for roles to go alongside their studies. Cohesion Director Amanda Marques is currently looking into initiatives to increase weekend working options for young people wanting to work in care. Students are often required or wish to undertake work experience from Year 10 onwards. Exploring hosting young people for these shorter placements at your setting is another way to encourage them to consider care work and help them understand what it really entails.