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06/09/2001
Employers’ guide outlines workplace reintegration
A new employers’ guide which outlines ways of aiding the reintegration of unemployed people into the workforce has been launched by Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Sean Farren.
The guide sets out a range of measures which companies can offer such as job-shadowing, work experience and mock interviews and provides examples, in the form of case studies, of Northern Ireland companies which have made a special effort to assist the unemployed.
Congratulating Business in the Community, who developed the initiative, the Minister urged employers to sign up to the measures it offers to the unemployed, and said: “This initiative recognises that not all unemployed people, particularly if they are long-term unemployed, are job ready and they may require extra help before they can return to the workforce.
“Initiatives such as this will provide the extra assistance some people may require and can make the difference between employment and unemployment,” he added.
The publication of the guide will complement a new Training and Employment Agency initiative entitled “Focus for Work” which is set to commence in October. “Focus for Work” aims to combine existing programmes with a new range of provision that includes ‘Employment Review Interviews’, an extended JobClub network and a new vocational training programme called Training for Work, to be delivered by Enterprise Ulster. (CL)
The guide sets out a range of measures which companies can offer such as job-shadowing, work experience and mock interviews and provides examples, in the form of case studies, of Northern Ireland companies which have made a special effort to assist the unemployed.
Congratulating Business in the Community, who developed the initiative, the Minister urged employers to sign up to the measures it offers to the unemployed, and said: “This initiative recognises that not all unemployed people, particularly if they are long-term unemployed, are job ready and they may require extra help before they can return to the workforce.
“Initiatives such as this will provide the extra assistance some people may require and can make the difference between employment and unemployment,” he added.
The publication of the guide will complement a new Training and Employment Agency initiative entitled “Focus for Work” which is set to commence in October. “Focus for Work” aims to combine existing programmes with a new range of provision that includes ‘Employment Review Interviews’, an extended JobClub network and a new vocational training programme called Training for Work, to be delivered by Enterprise Ulster. (CL)
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