Employability Experts
Unemployment can form part of a cycle of poverty and lack of confidence that make it even harder to get a worthwhile job, and these issues affect some groups disproportionately. For every person stuck in unemployment, there may be different steps needed to find a way forward. Our employability team provide one-to-one guidance and expert advice to help people into work.
Bridging the Gap
between Study and Work
We help students to secure internships and universities to exceed their student destination targets. Our programme for universities supports every student to access their chosen career, including placement into internships for sandwich and extended Masters degrees.
Employability Experts
Unemployment can form part of a cycle of poverty and lack of confidence that make it even harder to get a worthwhile job, and these issues affect some groups disproportionately. For every person stuck in unemployment, there may be different steps needed to find a way forward. Our employability team provides one-to-one guidance and expert advice to help people into work.
Bridging the Gap
between Study and Work
We help students to secure internships and universities to exceed their student destination targets. Our programme for universities supports every student to access their chosen career, including placement into internships for sandwich and extended Masters degrees.
Partner with us to bring positive change
We help people to overcome relatively simple issues such as building confidence, interview skills, CV building, but often involves working more intensely on more complex barriers such as cultural issues and the need to fit in with their familiar, but sometimes destructive, environments.
The goal is sustained employment for our participants and we are proud of our diverse team of Work Coaches, Case Workers and Recruitment Consultants, that work hard to bring about a lasting positive change for our customers and their communities.
We are working with organisations who want to fulfil their CSR obligations in ways that make a lasting difference. In our most recent survey, the people helped by our Employability programme were:
- 18-24 years old 47%
- 25-34 years old 27%
- 35-44 years old 13%
- 45-55 years old 10%
- 56 + years old 3%
%
58% classed themselves as Black, Asian or Ethnic Minority
%
28% classified themselves as single parents
%
26% were without Basic Skills in English or Maths
Who We Work With…
Testimonials
April Jones
Professionalism, Efficiency
I have used step ahead on three occasions for recruitment for my store (PANDORA). Nathan and Sahan are excellent representative, as they are efficient, passionate and professional on how they conduct themselves . They listen to what I was looking for and provided me with some great staff over the years. Thank you step ahead, your services are always appreciated.
Jermaine Ashmead
Efficiency
The employability team at step ahead have been helpful by helping me find employment and our very efficient.
John Cashin
Useful, Fun
Step Aheads employability course was very useful and fun too.
Adrian Stanley
Professionalism
I came across Step Ahead as my partner Kristina has resumed working there after a number of years away. From everything I have seen the company really cares about it’s own staff and the people it helps to find work by giving them all the tools possible including running an employability course for those really struggling. Well done Step Ahead staff keep up the good work.