Employers

Supporting and working with employers across the region.

At the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group, we understand that businesses need highly skilled individuals to help them innovate and grow. That is why we offer a range of flexible training and development programmes designed to support your employees’ personal development that are tailored to meet your business needs.

From Apprenticeships in the workplace to part-time Adult courses to Higher Education programmes and Online Learning Courses, we can help you to identify and address your existing and future skills demands.

Skills & Training Solutions

Specialist Training

We can help you to identify and address your existing and future skills demands.

Skills Needs Analysis

We can work with you to identify the skills you need to grow your business.

Professional Courses

Qualifications awarded by business and professional organisations.

Employment Solutions

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships can support your organisation in developing industry relevant knowledge, skills and behaviours, for now and in the future.

Work/Industry Placements

Preparing our students for the real world of work is key to their success when they complete their studies.

Pre-employment

In collaboration with our local Job Centres, we create sector specific training for the unemployed.

Get Involved

Employer Engagement Meetings

We listen to key employers and stakeholders to explore ways in which we should be shaping and amending our curriculum to meet employers' needs.

Work Experience Visits & Talks

You can offer a site visit, be a guest speaker in the classroom, provide a workshop or even an online activity.

Careers Fairs

Our Careers Fairs enable employers to meet students who could be potential employees and student can find out more about potential careers.

Awards Sponsorships

We hold a variety of student award ceremonies throughout the year that businesses can get involved in by sponsoring an award, highlighting themselves to high achievers and potential employees.

Mock Interview Workshops

Mock interview events provide 16-18 year old students with the opportunity to experience professional interviews and receive feedback on their performance.

Employer Engagement Opportunities

March 2025

Events	Dates	Time	Opportunity to Engage	Location
Your Future Week: Careers Event	4th, 5th & 6th	9.30am - 1pm	Opportunity to engage with existing students. Have a presence / stand to promote early careers / apprenticeships/ community engagement. Showcase careers in your sector and showcase job roles that young people may never have considered!	Castleford College, Selby College & Wakefield College
Give Construction A Try	Wednesday 12th	7.30-3pm	A full day of activity with year 8 and 9 high school students, showcasing the variety of job roles in the construction industry. If you would like to exhibit your business and your specific sector of the industry, please get in touch by the end of February 2025.	Castleford College

April 2025

Events	Dates	Time	Opportunity to Engage	Location	Contact
Employer Forums	3rd & 4th	9.30 - 11.30am	All of our curriculum areas, our apprenticeships team and our work placement officers will have their stalls set out, ready to welcome you to our amazing campuses and showcase what we have on offer to benefit the employers within our districts.	Selby College & Wakefield College	Email Debbie Lee
Builders Breakfast	26th	9.30	Join us for an engaging morning to explore your training needs, discover funding opportunities, and take an exclusive tour of our fantastic facilities. Don't miss this chance to build your workforce with us!	Castleford College	Email Suzanne Black or register via EventBrite
Mock Interviews	29th & 30th	9.30 - 2pm/3pm	Attend one, or all three of our mock interview events. Are you looking for a young person to join your team and would like to use this informal event to meet the students studying in your sector. Whatever your reason, please come along and help our students to build their skills for attending interviews and securing their perfect role!	Castleford College & Selby College	Email Tony Jackson

May 2025

Events	Dates	Time	Opportunity to Engage	Location	Contact
Mock Interviews	Thursday 1st	9.30 - 12.30pm	Attend one, or all three of our mock interview events. Are you looking for a young person to join your team and would like to use this informal event to meet the students studying in your sector. Whatever your reason, please come along and help our students to build their skills for attending interviews and securing their perfect role!	Wakefield College	Email Tony Jackson
We Are Wakefield Collaboration Event	Friday 2nd	9.30 – 11.30am	Take the opportunity to attend the We Are Wakefield, Business collaboration & Networking group. Seize the chance to connect with over 200 professionals from diverse businesses in and around Wakefield. This event is a fantastic opportunity to network, collaborate, and advance your own business projects.	Wakefield Exchange, Wakefield WF1 3AZ	Register on Eventbrite

June 2025

Events	Dates	Time	Opportunity to Engage	Location	Contact
End of year student awards	Various dates	Various times	Would you be willing to sponsor an award for the end of year celebrations? We are looking for employer partners to sponsor a curriculum area and present certificates to students on their achievements throughout their studies. Your support would be amazing! Thank you.	Castleford College, Selby College & Wakefield College	Email Work Placements
Children’s University	16th	5.30 - 7pm	Profiling and community engagement. Opportunity to sponsor / present a prize.	Mechanics' Theatre, Wakefield. WF1	Email Rachel Rayner
Children’s University	0th	tbc	Profiling and community engagement. Opportunity to sponsor / present a prize.	Riccall Regen Centre, York. YO19	Email Rachel Rayner

If you are interested in taking part in any of the above events, or would like more information, please contact: Debbie Lee, Employer Engagement Manager at: dlee@heartofyorkshire.ac.uk.

What Our Partners Say

As an anchor institution in West and North Yorkshire, the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group works with more than 1,300 employers. We are committed to working in a highly collaborative manner with our local and regional industry partners for the benefit of our students and our communities.

We involve employers in everything we do from helping us to understand the changing employment demands and skills needs, to informing our curriculum and the range of provision we deliver. Our work with employers aims to offer the right skills for now and for the future through innovative, relevant courses and qualifications – for the region, for jobs for our learners and for employers.

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