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Recruitment and retention of a skilled workforce is affecting engineering & manufacturing companies across the region and beyond. Never has it been more difficult to recruit the people required to survive and grow. But its not just about recruitment. It’s also about retention. After spending significant time and sometimes significant money on recruitment, retaining skilled engineers is also becoming a considerable challenge. Skills displacement is a growing worry for many SMEs.

But there are short, medium and long-term actions that manufacturers and engineers can take to ease the recruitment burden.

This event will provide tangible and concrete examples from engineers on how to approach, tackle and manage the recruitment and retention of people.

This is engineer talking to engineer, about what’s been tried, what worked and what didn’t, passing on real life experience and sharing good practice.

Speakers will focus on:

STEM learning and early stage school engagement – Liam Hunt (Ambic Manufacturing)

Making apprenticeships fit for industry – Paul Lackenby (Altec Engineering)

Targeting and recruiting from hard to reach groups – Shirley Spoors (Akzo Nobel)

Recruiting from overseas – Amy Sergison (Muckle LLP)

Changing Company culture – the heart of retention – Phil Atkinson (BTS Facades & Fabrication)

Succession Planning – Lauren Bathan (Associate Director – HR Services at Jackson Hogg)

Recruiting for values and fit not skill – Diane Elgar Head of HR, Quality, Training and Innovation and Steph Donaldson, HR Manager (VANTEC)

Join us for breakfast, participate in the discussion and feed into the skills debate.

This is a specialist event targeted at engineering and manufacturing companies by engineering and manufacturing companies.

When: Friday 26th April 2024

Where: TDR Training, Quorum Business Park

Time: 8.30am – 1.00pm