1. City Employment Strategy First Principles: Getting people into jobs and keeping them in jobs Meeting the needs of employers and ensuring that people are job ready Delivering a step change in performance. Addressing culture/stigma/perceptions of workless residents Using resources smartly and more effectively to secure greater levels of operational efficiency and increased outcome levels Prioritising interventions for the benefit of the City Region not boroughs

2. City Region Approach (1) Future Jobs Fund –Green Jobs (Low Carbon Economy) –Focus on Young People 18-24 –Shop 4 Jobs model Employers Engagement Strategy Fit For Work Flexible New Deal Apprentices

3. City Region Approach (2) Strategic Commissioning Graduate Retention –Internship –Links with Green Economy –Incubator/Research Links