Intraining celebrates anniversary with successful jobs fair

08 March, 2013

A training and employability provider is hailing the success of the first in a series of jobs fairs as it prepares to celebrate the first anniversary of its office in Hull.

Intraining received positive feedback from employers and jobseekers after the first of the events held at its training and development centre in Prospect Street.

Plans are now coming together for the next event, which will take place on Wednesday 17 April.

“The jobs fair went really well and we were delighted because it was the first one we have organised,” said Louise Fergusson, Employment Engagement Consultant at Intraining’s Hull office.

“We had a very good turnout from employers and there was a lot of interest amongst our clients. It was clear that people want to get involved and find out how to use our free training courses and facilities.”

Employers who attended the all-day event included the Army and Res-Q, the Hull-based customer service and communications specialist.

Intraining, which operates nationally in the development, funding, delivery and evaluation of work-based learning, has helped more than 30 businesses in Hull to benefit from the Government’s Wage Incentive Scheme since opening its new centre in March last year.

The company, which invested £250,000 in its Hull centre, employs around 40 staff locally to offer an all-inclusive training and development service across consulting, managed services, employability and workforce development.

Intraining is part of NCG, one of the UK’s largest providers of education, training and employability services which delivers privately-funded and Government-funded contracts to more than 20,000 businesses and 95,000 individuals nationwide.

The Wage Incentive Scheme allows employers to take advantage of grants of up to £2,275 for every eligible 18-24 year old they recruit through the Work Programme.

Louise said: “The scheme is a great way to incentivise the employment of young Work Programme customers. For some businesses, going through the process of recruiting and training a new employee can be costly, which is where this grant can be put to good use.

“Employers in Hull are definitely seeing the benefits and the fact that over 30 businesses have already taken advantage can only serve as a boost to the local economy.”

Kathryn Shillito, HullBID City Centre Manager, said: “We know from our own dealings with businesses and other partners in the city centre and further afield that more needs to be done to help people into work, from professionals who have been made redundant to people who have never worked.

“It is encouraging to see the range of services offered by Intraining, helping people with job searches and also with such areas as CV and letter writing and interview techniques, all of which can be quite challenging for some people.

“By organising these jobs fairs Intraining are presenting an opportunity to their clients and to local businesses who can help potentially excellent employees get into a work environment.”