Meet the Employer Day

1. Meet the Employer Day A presentation by your BSF contractors 31st March 2011

2. Welcome • Today’s speaker • Bill Munn

3. Agenda • Introduction • Careers in construction • Skill sets • Trainees / Apprenticeships • Case studies • Work experience

4. Introduction to Stoke BSF Building Schools for the Future is the largest capital investment programme for 50 years that will provide world-class teaching and learning environments for all pupils, teachers and communities in England

5. Introduction to Stoke BSF The city of Stoke-on-Trent BSF programme is worth circa £250 million and will deliver 18 schools by the end of 2013

6. Your BSF contractors BB office TVW office

7. Supply chain opportunities • Main contractor • Subcontractor • Material supplier • Plant supplier

8. Project locations Refurbishment New Build TVW/BB offices

9. Objectives of today • Show the sort of job opportunities potentially available within the BSF scheme and supply chain • Explain the skill sets we look for • Outline apprenticeships and trainee schemes • Showcase some real life examples • Discuss work experience • Give you an opportunity to talk to us

10. Careers in construction

11. Working with schools • Support careers events • Work experience • Site visits • Careers advice/guidance • CV writing • Interview mentoring • Taster days • Work shadowing for teachers & pupils

12. Carpentry / joinery Brickwork Plumbing Electrical Plastering / tiling Painting & decorating Roofers Scaffolders PV Installation Window Fitters Apprenticeships

13. Quantity surveying Site management Architect Civil engineering Estimating Buying Design coordination Planning PR / marketing Customer care IT Administration Accounts Technical / professional trainees

14. Skill sets

15. Recruitment – what do we look for? • Good education • Commitment • Enthusiasm • Honesty • Reliability

16. CV Writing • Put key details up front • Name • Position you are applying for • Qualifications • Outside interests that demonstrate reliability, leadership skills and time in evolved • Demonstrate you have done some research on the company and say why you would add to value to it. Short paragraph

17. Interview techniques • Punctual • Dress appropriately • Firm handshake • Research company • Eye contact - do not fidget • Answer all questions with a sentence – not just YES or NO – elaborate • Write down questions to ask at end of interview • SELL YOURSELF – you are the best candidate!

18. The Interview • All major contractors are now appointing trainees through a selection process • To assess communication skills, body language, confidence and basic attributes • Aptitude testing to see what they are like over 2 days, tasks are set to see how they cope under different circumstances. • Additional interviews by senior managers • Scoring matrix evaluation • Selection notification

19. Trainees and Apprenticeships

20. Trainee routes into construction • Undergraduates • Cognitive and non cognitive • Career changers • Management training schemes

21. Trade Apprentices • Application via web sites • Hardcopy applications • National skills web site • Trades we recruit for with our supply chain • Carpenters • Bricklayers • Painter decorators • Plumbing • Electrical • All taken on after passing the first year

22. Case Studies

23. Behaviours Reliability Adaptability Flexibility Honesty Commitment Respect for others Keen to collaborate Focus on customer care Skills English Maths ICT Communication Analysis Time management Organisation Ability to influence What we are looking for

24. Take, for instance… …a Mechanical & Electrical Engineer • Maths • English • IT • Communication • Collaboration • Influencing skills • Leadership

25. Meet…. Peter.… M&E Engineer • Maths • English • IT • Communication • Collaboration • Influencing skills • Leadership

26. Take, for instance… …an ICT Project Manager • Accountability • Flexibility • Well organised • Communication skills • Negotiation skills • English • Maths • ICT

27. Accountability • Flexibility • Well organised • Communication skills • Negotiation skills • English • Maths • ICT Meet…. Sarah…. ICT Project Manager

28. Take, for instance… …an Estimator Maths IT English Communication skills Work to deadlines Influencing skills

29. Meet…. Tom…. An Estimator …an Estimator Maths IT English Communication skills Work to deadlines Influencing skills

30. Work Experience

31. Working with schools • Offer 1-2 week(s) work experience places • Carry out site visits with local schools / colleges and training providers • Take an active part in careers awareness including taster sessions for a hands on experience • Deliver careers talks to local schools and colleges

32. Work placements • We offer a wide variety of placements over all disciplines ranging from trades to technical • Relevant contractors will carry out an interview with each pupil individually • A ‘work plan’ will be put together • Relevant risk assessments undertaken • Full site induction given • Mentor designated to each student • Relevant PPE issued

33. Next steps…..

34. How to contact the employer • Via the web site pull of the application forms • In writing to the HR department • Pick up the phone and arrange a meeting • Send in your CV

35. Useful Websites www.bconstructive.co.uk www.cskills.org.uk www.thomasvale.com www.wates.co.uk www.balfourbeatty.com www.rmeducation.com

36. Implications of recent changes to the Education Landscape Kevin Mattinson Pro Vice-Chancellor, Keele University

37. Themes and issues in Presentation Schools Curriculum Performance and accountability Student aspiration and attainment Universities Funding Access to Higher Education Schools and Universities Initial Teacher Education & Training Continuing Professional Development

38. Summer 2010 Change to base line – 35% %A*-C at GCSE English Baccalaureate and league tables – retrospective publication Debate around vocational qualifications

39. Education White Paper Review of National Curriculum Background Purpose View(s) of what is an appropriate curriculum Content vs pedagogy (are they mutually exclusive?) Membership of review group

40. White Paper Coalition Government Academies Free Schools and Studio Schools University Technology Colleges Raising standards in the quality of teachers The contradictions in respect of Free Schools The potential impact of the immediate response to the Wolf Report (QTLS)

41. League tables Proposed Changes The place of vocational education Contextual Value Added?

42. The English Baccalaureate What is it? Impact upon the curriculum? Impact upon labour supply? Impact upon student aspiration, attainment and self esteem? University entrance? Vocational Education – The Wolf Report

43. Initial Teacher Education Proposals to change the balance between HEIs and Schools Teaching Schools Training Schools Evidence (or not) to support change? Changes to entry requirements (in part, to enable access to funding for individuals) 2.ii degree Place of skills tests Requirement – use of psychometric tests

44. ITE – Cuts for 2011 entry Secondary HEI Mainstream (26%) Changing the balance between HEI and ‘other’ Local impact! Allocation and reference to quality? Sustainability of HEI provision, even before legislation to change the balance! Allocations and the relationship to curriculum change

45. CPD Ending of funding support for MTL Positive for MTL in a new framework Expectations in respect of M Level for the profession in the future New partnerships – HEIs and Teaching Schools Role of Local Authorities

46. Access to Higher Education Continued cap on numbers in 2011 Last year of old fee regime in 2011 End of the Life Long learning Network (in this region, January 2011) End of Aim Higher in summer 2011 Hope to maintain the activity and build on the success

47. University entrance from 2012 New fee level of £6 000 New maximum fee level of £9 000 What do HEIs have to do if they wish to charge more than £6000? Implications of the Sector charging more than an average of £7.5k? Other routes? Apprenticeships Part Time HE in FE Private providers

48. Access to HE and support for influencers and students What will HEIs do under their Access Agreements? Collaborative activity – collaboration vs competition The importance of independent IAG How do we ensure that schools and colleges play their part?

49. OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS