Logistics firm Menzies Distribution has enlisted the help
of employment and skills experts Working Links as part of its
recruitment process
As a result of the partnership, Menzies has just taken on seven
previously long-term unemployed people in their Paisley Customer
Services Centre.
Working Links, which delivers the UK government’s Work Programme
to help get people back to work in Scotland, developed a two-day
training ‘routeway’ to ensure the firm was supplied with suitable
candidates able to hit the ground running.
As well as providing suitably-trained candidates and helping
with assessment centres, Working Links’ dedicated employer services
team also worked closely with Menzies to help on the firm’s
recruitment day and provides continued in-work support for the new
recruits.
Elaine Mair, of Working Links’ Employer Services team, said:
“It’s great to see the candidates back in work again after long
breaks from the job market. We’re working closely with employers
across Scotland to deliver tailored solutions to their recruitment
needs.”
Neal Roleston Customer Services Training Manager, said: "We are
always striving to improve our recruitment process and this new
relationship with Working Links has seen beneficial results thus
far. We have our own support system built into our comprehensive
induction programme and this is now backed up with an extra layer
of support from Working Links for a period of up to 2 years. This
ensures that new Customer Services Advisors are fully supported in
their new career."
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