Next Generation of Workers and Leaders - Business South (24-03-21)
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Jamie Mackay, Skills Strategy Manager from Enterprise M3 LEP presents insights into how the LEP is connecting education and business to support Generation Z make a successful entry to the labour market.
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Next Generation of Workers and Leaders - Business South (24-03-21)
- 1. 1 NEXT GENERATION WORKERS AND LEADERS https://enterprisem3.org.uk/hub/skills Jamie Mackay Skills Strategy Manager, Enterprise M3 LEP 24 March 2021
- 3. WE HELP CONNECT THE DOTS TO YOUR BUSINESS… Embedding careers education into the curriculum 90% of schools in EM3 area are getting inspirational careers advice 80 employers connected to schools and colleges https://enterprisem3.org.uk/hub/skills
- 5. INVESTING IN SKILLS: ENTERPRISE M3 £33m of funding investments in skills 2,109 Apprenticeships 29,531m2 of learning floorspace
- 6. £33m INVESTMENT IN SKILLS PROJECTS 6 Care Skills Training Centre, Guildford College | Gives learners a unique, practical insight into clinical health and social care careers, with a six-bed simulated hospital ward, fully equipped home care room and a fully immersive learning space. Endorsed by the Royal Surrey NHS Trust who are aiming to reduce their overseas recruitment and concentrate on local recruitment; this facility offers an opportunity to support this. Digital Skills Work | More than EM3 7,000 learners will benefit from investment in the digital infrastructure of our six Further Education Colleges. This will upgrade colleges’ digital assets, transforming the delivery of courses, effectiveness of teaching, and equip learners for current and future employment. Health Tech Accelerator, University of Surrey | Will create a design and test facility for MedTech companies committed to digital health technology and services. A Digital Ward Laboratory will accommodate patients/participants who will trial these new technologies.
- 7. VISION AND AMBITION BASED ON ECONOMIC UNDERSTANDING EM3 Digital Higher Skills Partnership National Centre for Sustainable Construction Apprenticeship and Skills Hub, specialising in Low Carbon
- 8. BUSINESS SUPPORT 1. Strategy 2. Funding 3. Business Foundations 4. People 5. Product, Service or Process improvement 6. The Profit Engine 7. Crisis Management & COVID19 support https://enterprisem3growthhub.co.uk
- 9. Engage with Education & Training | http://bit.Ly/GenZtalent
- 11. LET’S TALK Jamie Mackay | Skills Strategy Manager e. Jamie.Mackay@enterprisem3.org.uk
Editor's Notes
- Good afternoon everyone. During these odd times, I have found myself being mistaken for a Generation Z as I queue up to purchase alcohol and am asked to lower my mask to prove my age! This might have happened to you as well. My name is Jamie Mackay and I am the Skills Strategy Manager from Enterprise M3 LEP I welcomed the opportunity to speak to you today about our next generation of workers and leaders, with a focus on the supply and demand of skills.
- As we have seen during the last few years, some of the older Gen Z are seeking change through organised activity. But what sort of skills are they bringing to the workplace? And why should they be on your ‘Wanted’ list? Here are three reasons: First, they are fast information processors, some might say multi-taskers – particularly when the information is delivered via video / immersively. So if you are in a fast-moving area or need to pivot your business to a new sector, Generation Z can help bring you up to speed. Second, having grown up with advanced, connected technologies, they are Digital Pioneers. They don’t know everything (think MS Teams and email), but they will pick things up quickly. They also welcome different, cheaper ways of learning – unconvinced by the traditional model meaning you could recruit and grow talent at age 16+. This week we have heard about the ‘digital skills disaster’ but what is not captured is how Gen Z can and are picking up the skills unconventionally. Think learning through Tik Tok and YouTube for a start. They may just need some guidance and support for formal learning. And of course related to this, they will be looking for jobs through tangible connections to business…
- The LEP managed and funded Enterprise M3 Careers and Enterprise Company team do just this. The team recruit, train and deploy business volunteers into schools and colleges where they work with strategic leaders to create tailored careers programmes for the learners. Right now, we have a team of Enterprise Advisers and Coordinators working with over 100 schools and colleges across Hampshire and Surrey to do just this. But it’s not just about strategic engagement; once our volunteers have got a taste for the careers programme they often want to get involved too. Therefore we also work with them and other partners to support delivery of engaging, interactive careers events to further inspire young people about the opportunities that lie ahead of them. For example…
- …our upcoming Careers and Apprenticeship Show, supported by LEPs and taking place online on 20th May. Events such as these will help our next generation of workers and leaders to aspire to things they can’t yet see: Jobs that don’t yet exist, for example. At EM3, we go further by making strategic investments in skills:
- During the last 10 years, Enterprise M3 LEP has made £33m of funding investments in skills, helping to deliver. Over 2,000 Apprenticeships and Over 29,000m2 of new learning floorspace. Here are three examples of some of these projects:
- The Digital Skills Work with our FE Colleges, to transform course delivery and equip our learners with skills needed by employers. This resulted from the Government ‘Getting Building Fund’, investing in shovel-ready projects to help in the recovery from Covid19. The Care Skills Training Centre at Guildford College helps address an area of the labour market facing huge skills shortages It might not surprise you to hear that the employer with the most job postings during the last 12 months was the NHS. The Health Tech Accelerator at the University of Surrey. At a time when MedTech has never been so important to humanity, the University will offer a dedicated space for local health technology companies to develop products, services and processes, designed to meet patient need and can be fast tracked into the NHS as well as private health and social care markets.
- Nevertheless, our understanding of our local economy has highlighted areas where we see future economic recovery and, importantly, growth. In Enterprise M3, our Skills Action Plan identifies three transformational ambitions linked to our skills and employment priorities, to help Revive and Renew the local skills landscape. The first, a Digital Higher Skills Partnership, brings together employers and providers to help address gaps in higher digital skills, linked to specialist roles in the Digital Economy. The second links net zero targets to the decarbonisation of buildings and capitalises on our existing strengths in the Construction sector, offering a National Centre for Sustainable Construction as THE place to go for skills and talent needs. Finally, launched during National Apprenticeship Week and part-funded by the European Social Fund, The Apprenticeship and Skills Hub acknowledges skills as central to a green recovery and connects employers in emerging low carbon sectors to local education and training providers through an impartial service. It’s also important to mention the business support work of the EM3 Growth Hub.
- The Growth Hub offers support to SMEs in the EM3 area engaged in scale up / high growth activity. This support includes a range of offers including help with People: training, skills and recruitment. And one of our newest recruits in the Growth Hub has been recruited as an Apprentice, highlighting the value of business working closer with education and training providers.
- As employers we recognise the value of work experience as we recruit fresh new talent to the labour market but due to COVID19, many of these opportunities have dried up. The latest labour market statistics, released earlier this week, suggest unemployment might have slowed but there are indications this could be due to job protection rather than job creation, meaning fewer opportunities for those trying to enter the labour market for the first time. Your business can help address this through offering work experience to these young people to help address some of your own needs. I have written about some ways you can do this in the article linked on this slide.
- In summary, the next generation of workers and leaders offer businesses some new ways of thinking and engaging with their customer base. The work of the LEP is helping to create connections to these individuals by investing in high-impact skills projects and initiatives with education and training providers. We also offer a vision based on our close monitoring and understanding of the local economy. None of this would happen without LEPs and none of this would happen without you. The key is therefore Collaboration.
- If you would be interested in collaborating in any of the projects and initiatives I have mentioned, please get in touch. Thank you.