The ultimate guide
to gaining a competitive edge in talent acquisition

Ready to learn how your business can tap into our pool of young talent from 2,000 state schools and colleges by providing work experience?

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What’s included in our guide?

The reasons why work experience matters and makes a difference

Information on our placement options, from  in-person to virtual, from half days to 3-5-days

An introduction to your dedicated support and some of our Speakers for Schools team

Case studies from the perspective of young people and employers

The 5 ways hosting placements benefits  your business

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Answers to your Frequently Asked Questions

When you partner with us, you will also be asked to register to create an account with our online portal. This easy-to-use portal will be where your organisation will list their work experience opportunities and then review and select candidates for upcoming placements. You will receive training on how to use the portal from one of our Account Management team who will act as an ongoing point of contact in Speakers for Schools should you require any additional support.

Since our launch in 2010, Speakers for Schools has become the largest social mobility charity in the UK. We empower young people from state schools and colleges to reach their potential by opening doors to life-changing and career-enhancing opportunities with hundreds of employers from across the UK. Every opportunity we offer meets three key criteria: highly accessible, high quality, and career-enhancing.rnOver the last fourteen years, we have supported more than 1.6 million young people to expand their networks and develop the necessary confidence, skills, and knowledge to become better prepared for the world of work and their future! Now we want to empower more young people from state schools and colleges to discover employment and training options at your organisation.

We aim to represent the widest range of industries possible to give young people from your region and/or beyond the chance to learn more about any industry, career, or line of work that interests them and match you to the best talent available.

Whether you’re an SME or a multinational, we need UK employers like you to help us offer young people from disadvantaged backgrounds life-changing opportunities they would otherwise struggle to access. Our flexible work experience options can be scaled to suit your organisation and take a lot of the administrative burden out of hosting work experience. With support available to guide you as you explore the benefits of virtual work experience, in-person work experience, or a mix of both with hybrid work experience, whatever the size of your organisation, your participation is welcomed and can make a difference.

We aim to make hosting work experience with us accessible to every employer, so there is no charge for partnering with us to offer industry spotlight talks, insight days, or 3-5-day work experience placements. As part of our standard offer, we will provide practical support and guidance and we will also promote your opportunities across our school and college network. If you are looking for a solution with even more flexibility and benefits, we would recommend you consider our costed Managed Service option which includes additional support with marketing to advertise your work experience, placement feedback, impact reporting as well as the option to cater to any other bespoke requirements you may have.

Partnering with Speakers for Schools will provide you with an easy way to improve your organisation’s youth engagement and strengthen your talent pipeline by making it more inclusive and sustainable. We work with 2,073 state schools and colleges across the UK and can help you target under-represented groups in any postcode therefore increasing your chances of uncovering the best early talent in hard-to-reach places you might otherwise have overlooked – including traditional cold spots and under-served geographical areas. We understand the pressures facing employers in the current economic climate and all our educational programmes are designed to help you attract emerging talent and build much-needed essential skills to ease the school-to-employment transition and create a work-ready future workforce.