Assured Skills Academies: delivering skilled employees through pre-employment training courses
The Assured Skills programme offers you the chance to recruit high quality individuals who are 'job ready'.
Assured Skills Academies offer the opportunity to work closely with the Department for the Economy (DfE) and Invest Northern Ireland to recruit high-quality employees.
Assured Skills Academies typically involve a six to eight-week pre-employment training course, designed and delivered by a local Further Education college or university to upskill individuals to meet the skills needed for current job vacancies.
Guaranteed a job interview with the company on successful completion of an Assured Skills academy, participants leave the course ready to fast-track their new career.
This approach is versatile and flexible and has been used to help companies recruit staff in sectors such as:
- IT
- professional services
- financial services
- manufacturing
Benefits of Assured Skills Academies
Assured Skills Academies has benefits for both employers and participants:
- Provides an opportunity for employers to see the suitability of participants prior to assessing them as potential employees.
- Allows participants to gain an insight into the work of their potential employer while learning new and transferable skills.
- If an academy candidate should be unsuccessful in gaining employment with the participating company they will still have gained industry-relevant skills.
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If you would like to speak to a member of the Assured Skills team you can contact them by:
- Tel 028 9041 6972
- Email assuredskills@economy-ni.gov.uk