To encourage SME employers to recruit from priority groups, the process should be as straightforward as possible. They will need to see the benefits of recruitment, and be reassured that the risks have been considered and minimised.
This section provides advice and guidance on how minimise the risks of recruitment for employers and to encourage employers to adopt recruitment methods that will increase the accessibility of opportunities for priority groups.
Key Principles
Understand what individual employers need from their staff and match this with the services that your organisation can provide and the skills and experience of your clients.
Emphasise the positive and don’t sell on the negative – your clients can bring a range of skills and experience that will be of benefit to employers.
Don’t always expect resistance - remember that many employers already employ people who have (or have had) similar issues to those faced by people in priority groups.
Good planning and preparation will help to ensure that the benefits to an employer will outweigh the costs.
Make sure that you understand the risks that recruitment can bring to an employer and do everything you can to minimise them.
For Healthy Working Lives Advisors this section provides advice and guidance on:
For Employability Advisors this section provides advice and guidance on:
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