MIND THE GAP: PRACTICAL WAYS TO FILL THE HOSPITALITY RECRUITMENT & SKILLS GAP IN LONDON

Tuesday 4th March 2008
Free event at the Gymnasium at St Pancras, London
from 16.30-19.00

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PROGRAMME

Chaired by Grant Hearn , CEO of Travelodge, the seminar included presentations from:

17.00-17.05pm: Welcome : Joshua Rey - London Employer Coalition

17.05-17.15pm: Opening remarks and Travelodge experience: Grant Hearn - Travelodge
click here for notes from Grant Hearn's opening speech

17.15-17.25pm: What Jobcentre Plus can offer employers: Sandra Lambert - Jobcentre Plus
click here to download the pdf presentation

17.25-17.30pm: What training organisations can offer employers: John Taylor - Skills Training UK

John explained that they are a training provider that sits between Job Centre Plus and employers. With the advent of the Fair Cities programme, a employer-led solution to recruitment and training, success rates have grown from 30% to 70%.

17.30-17.40pm: DVD: The Fair Cities Experience
click here for more information - www.faircities.net

17.40-17.50pm: What Train to Gain can do for employers : Norman Jennings - London Brokerage Consortium
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17.50-18.00pm: Benefits of using Train to Gain: Juliet McGuigan - Coffee Snobs

Juliet explained that they are a costa franchise which started in 2004 with 4 employees and grew to four more sites and 65 employees which resulted in a recruitment headache. In June 2006 a skills broker visited the shop and, as Juliet was unavailable, left her card and eventually persuaded her to meet up to discuss her options. Through this broker, Juliet was put in touch with her local training providers which happened to be her local college for hygiene and food safety training for her management team. With a growing workforce, training is vital to Juliet's business and the team can work at their own pace to NVQ level 3 qualifications in team leading and management. As a result, Juliet has noticed that staff retention has grown.

18:00-18:30pm: Q&A Panel Session: Facilitated by Joshua Rey

PHOTOS

L-R: Norman Jennings: London Brokerage Consortium, Gerry Brown: People 1st, Jane Nathan: London Development Agency, Grant Hearn: Travelodge, John Taylor: Skills Training UK and Sandra Lambert : Jobcentre Plus

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