The Employers Guide to Training Providers

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The Employers Guide to Training Providers

• www.egtp.co.uk

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A Partnership Approach

• The South London Learning Partnership formed a
  steering group made up of Jobcentre plus,
  NextStep, LearnDirect, Business Link for London,
  Croydon College, South London Business and the
  LSC to guide the project.
• Working with South London Business we surveyed
  100 businesses in London South to gauge their
  views and experiences of training. The survey
  directed the project to make sure the Employers
  Guide to Training Providers addressed the
  training needs of business.

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What will you find on the Website?
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The Home Page
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Finding the Training

• Employers can search for the training they need
  by Business/Sector/Training Subject, Postcode,
  borough or type of course (e.g. part-time)
• The search will usually return a list of
  providers. (this page can be printed to show the
  individual provider pages as a brief directory)
• Employers can then use the contact details or
  link to the provider website for more information
• If the search results do not match the employers
  requirements there is a link to LearnDirect and
  Business Link for more course options

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Search Results
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Provider Information

• The provider information is essential to
  employers, we need to be aware of what they are
  looking for. There is limited space so it should
  be used to advantage
• General course information
• Some content information
• Some qualification information

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Links to Sector information

• Links are available on the website to the SSDA
  and Sector Skills Councils as well as links to
  other business support organisations.
• The business relationships we currently have are
  with Chambers of Commerce, TUC, Sector Skills
  Councils, Sector Skills Development Agency,
  London Development Agency, we are looking to
  develop further links with IoD, CBI, Federation
  of Small Businesses

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Other Business Support Skills
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Statistics

• Statistics we can use to support providers
• Most frequently accessed providers
• Most frequently printed provider pages
• Most frequently accessed business
  sectors/training subjects

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Moving Forward Planned Changes

• Redesign the home page
• Develop the Employer Exchange to be a forum
• Improve the feedback on the site
• Allow providers to detail their latest
  information.
• Expand the providers accessible on the site
  through accredited bodies and Sector Skills
  Councils
• Develop Employer feedback information to support
  providers
• Use website statistics e.g. most popular business
  areas/sectors/training subjects as a strategic
  tool