How to Find The Best Apprentice For Your Business

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Recruiting an apprentice is a big responsibility and commitment for any business, so it’s important to put the effort into finding the best apprentice for your organisation right at the start of the journey.

But just how do you find a good apprentice?

In our experience, these are the 4 best ways businesses can find a good apprentice:

Use specialist apprenticeship recruitment services
Upskill existing employees through apprenticeships
Attend recruitment events
Look for the right qualities in your apprenticeship candidates

Apprenticeship Recruitment Service

One of the simplest ways to ensure you find a good apprentice is to use an apprenticeship recruitment service like Total People Connect.

Total People Connect is a a free service to those businesses already using Total People as their training provider. We and specialise in apprentice recruitment, providing the right solutions for your business from the word go.

Our Recruitment and Engagement Advisers will provide you with a range of services including:

Creating targeted vacancy advertisements, supported by the latest market intelligence, to ensure effective job matching and to gain the highest number of applications
Collaborating with you to create a recruitment advertising strategy with promotional activities such as such as working with Local Authorities and JCP to promote vacancies; promoting your vacancy to local schools, colleges and sixth forms, and using social media campaigns to boost the promotion
Receiving and filtering applications against agreed specifications and shortlisting applicants for interview
Developing and delivering customised assessment days
Support in planning interviews and providing f post-interview feedback.

Upskill your existing employees

Turning to your existing talent pool is another easy way to find good apprenticeship candidates. You can use apprenticeships to upskill your existing staff and fill the skills gaps within your business.

By training employees who are already in your business, you’ll have a strong knowledge of their strengths, weaknesses and personality, plus they already know your business so they are starting from an existing knowledge base.

Attend Recruitment & School Leaver Events

It can be difficult to convey exactly what your business is looking for on paper, and even harder to judge candidates on a CV alone. There are hundreds of events for job hunters and school leavers across the country that give employers a chance to introduce their business and meet potential candidates in person. This can help you significantly when forming an impression of candidates and building relationships with top apprenticeship talent.

Look for the right qualities

Candidates will often use apprenticeships as the start of their career and will have little to no industry experience or qualifications. When evaluating who is going to make a good apprentice it’s more important to look for the right qualities rather than focusing on traditional job requirements.

You should look for: