Engaged with the employer and wedded to the student? Strategies for the sustainable recruitment of work-based learners.
Anglia Ruskin University: Higher Work - development of new programmes - recruitment to those new programmes - focus on full-time work based learners - begun in March SDF-support to end of sustainable beyond 2012
Recruiting Work Based Learners Key decision-makers: Employer Potential Student A two-stage process?
Motivations, aspirations, fears & expectations? Employer Potential Student Line Manager HR SMTFinance
Potential dangers to: - recruited numbers - relationships with employers - retention of students - course viability - credibility
Key Activities: - Developing marketing & sales messages - Managing the recruitment process
Developing marketing & sales messages: - motivations, aspirations, fears and expectations - the value of the product - realistic - understandable at every stage - consistent but tailored - direct communication with all decision-makers - the first step of induction
Managing the process Employer Potential Student University
Sustainable recruitment of work-based learners - linking outreach and delivery - understanding the multiple customers - induction begins before application - value beyond the course
Tom Taylor Higher Work Anglia Ruskin University