Coventry has a diverse and highly skilled talent pool and we as Invest Coventry are perfectly placed to connect you to the right partners to hire and develop the existing skills you have within your business. Find out more about our employer engagement below.
The Coventry City Council Employer Engagement Team provides a free bespoke recruitment, training and wellbeing service. The Employer Engagement Team can assist recruitment by:
- Supporting growth through employment grants
- Redundancy support for business
- Supporting with job description and advertising creation
- Multi-platform advertising of vacancies
- Sourcing suitable candidates against the job description, making use of the Coventry City Council Job Shop's pool of over 25,000 registered customers
- Pre-screening to ensure candidate suitability
- Carrying out all required pre-screening activities such as any tests, pre-interview activities and telephone interviews
- Sourcing suitable pre-employment training to meet employer needs
- Arranging final interviews as required
- Supporting with work trials, work experience and general employment opportunities
In addition to recruitment activities, the Employer Engagement Team can support employers to increase their productivity through evaluating their employee wellbeing, with support to sign up to the Thrive at Work Charter.