What are you looking for

Looking to recruit new staff? Jobcentre Plus can help you attract the right candidates and make the recruitment process simpler.

Support includes:

  • Advice on creating effective job descriptions
  • Help to streamline your recruitment process
  • Promotion of your vacancies through local Jobcentres and social media channels
  • Access to Jobcentre Plus interview facilities and recruitment events, where available
  • Support to plan future recruitment needs
  • Free advertising through the government's Find a Job service

Whether you're filling an immediate vacancy or planning for future growth, Jobcentre Plus can provide practical support tailored to your business needs.

Mark's story

See how an NHS Sector-based Work Academy helped Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust connect with local talent and recruit job-ready candidates. And gave Mark from Truro the opportunity to start a new career.

 

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Ways your business can support people looking for work

Work experience

Support people looking for work while getting to know potential future employees. Through Jobcentre Plus, you can offer work experience placements to young people aged 18 to 24 and adults aged 25 and over who have little or no recent work history.

Work experience placements provide an opportunity to develop skills, build confidence and help people take their next step into employment.

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Work trials

A work trial gives you and a potential employee the chance to see if a role is the right fit before making a hiring decision. Organised through Jobcentre Plus, work trials are short, unpaid placements for jobseekers who are claiming benefits and have interviewed for a specific vacancy.

Participants continue to receive their benefits during the trial, helping you assess skills and suitability while supporting someone into employment.

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Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships can help you attract new talent, develop skills within your organisation and build your future workforce. An apprentice is a paid employee who combines work with training.

You can recruit a new apprentice or support an existing employee to gain new skills and qualifications. Apprenticeships are available at different levels, making them suitable for school leavers, graduates and people looking to progress or change career.

Government funding may be available to help with training costs. Visit our Apprenticeships pages to find out more.

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Advice Services

Universal Credit and Employers – More flexibility for employers and claimants

Universal Credit and employers – Making work better for all

Building an age inclusive workforce

Jobcentre Plus works with the Centre for Ageing Better to promote its Age-friendly Employer Pledge, helping employers recognise the skills, experience and value that older workers bring to the workplace. By creating an age-friendly workplace, you can attract and retain talented employees of all ages, support staff wellbeing and build a more diverse and resilient workforce.
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Employing people with health conditions or disabilities

Jobcentre Plus can help you create a more inclusive workplace and access support for employees with disabilities or health conditions. Support includes: * Disability Confident, a scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, retain and develop disabled people * Access to Work, which provides practical advice and support for employers and employees * Health Adjustment Passports, which help identify workplace adjustments and support needs linked to a disability or health condition These services can help you widen your talent pool, support employee wellbeing and create a workplace where everyone can thrive.
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