Help for Park businesses looking to recruit

Job Centre Plus is encouraging businesses on Langthwaite Business Park to take advantage of its Jobs and Careers Service.

The support offers a range of assistance to help companies on the park meet their staffing needs. It also supports local residents, helping them find sustainable employment.

Employer Advisors can help you fill your vacancies using the most suitable recruitment solution, including:

• help with job descriptions

• speeding up your recruitment process

• promoting your vacancies in local Jobcentres and on our social media

• use of Jobcentre Plus offices for interviews (where available) and local

recruitment events, and

• planning future recruitments

Bespoke support

There is also bespoke support, which includes:

• Sector-based Work Academy Programmes to help you recruit skilled people. Lasting up to 6 weeks they are made up of pre-employment training matched to your needs.

• Work experience placements for young people 18 to 24 years old and for people aged 25 and over who don’t have.

• Work trials to see if the job is a good fit.

• Apprenticeships for a range of jobseekers, from school leavers and graduates to people wanting to further their careers or change direction. 

More details

For full details of the services on offer by the Jobs and Careers service, click here to download a copy of the Employment Guide.

You can also contact Employer Advisor Joanne Stead, who supports businesses in and around Wakefield, by emailing wakefield.clusteremployerandproviderteam1@dwp.gov.uk