Recruitment and Retention in Scarborough

Are you looking to improve your Scarborough business’s recruitment and retention? This peer-to-peer programme will let you learn best practice from industry expert KD recruitment, benefit from practical exercises, and learn from the experience of other businesses.

First session: Wednesday 11th September

About the programme

This programme is designed to help Scarborough businesses to

receive expert advice in recruitment and retention
support each other by sharing experience and best practice
benefit from training and practical exercises

The programme is aimed at small and micro business leaders who do not have a HR function and are looking to upskill their senior leadership team. It would also suit larger businesses where department managers are responsible for their own recruitment and retention.

What will the sessions cover

In the first session attendees will be able to share their experience and history of recruitment so the course can be tailored accordingly. The next four sessions will be focused on the needs of the attendees and may cover the following:

What a good recruitment process looks like
The basics of an effective interview process
Employee value proposition – including pay and non-financial benefits
Practical exercises, including writing a job advert during the session
Retention strategies
Sharing best practice and insights with other attendees
Inclusive recruitment – including how to approach equality, diversity, and protected characteristics
Employer branding and how to market your business to the local area
Employee wellbeing, training, and development

At the end of the fifth session, attendees will leave with an action plan to go away and implement. A final sixth session will be scheduled 2-3 months later to review and see the impact.

When will the sessions take place

Each recruitment and retention session will last up to 3 hours, and will be held at KD Recruitment’s offices in Scarborough (14 Falsgrave Rd, Scarborough YO12 5AT)

The first session is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday 11th September (9am arrival for a 9:30 start), with later session dates to be agreed by the attendees.

Interested?

Complete the registration form on this page and we will be in touch to discuss your attendance.

Please note that this programme is now fully booked, any further registrations will be added to a waiting list and will be contacted if more places are made available.

About the Provider

This programme will be delivered by Kelly Dunn of KD Recruitment. KD Recruitment is a specialist commercial recruitment agency based in Scarborough that centres around changing people’s lives by raising the bar for the recruitment industry, raising aspirations in young people, and improving employment opportunities across the York and North Yorkshire region.

Kelly Dunn has over 17 years of experience working with business leaders across York and North Yorkshire as a recruitment and retention strategist. She is also a board member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation Advisory Council and works closely with them on their monthly jobs outlook report, their recent Equality, Diversity and Inclusion guide and their Aim Hire guide that was published in June this year. Kelly works with businesses of all sectors across the East Coast, York, Harrogate and the Hull area to support business leaders with their recruitment and retention strategies with informed local economic knowledge and information.

About this programme

This business support programme is a collaboration between the York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub, North Yorkshire Council, and KD Recruitment

This is funded by North Yorkshire Council through the Shared Prosperity Fund. Therefore, only businesses located in North Yorkshire Council’s area are eligible to attend. Businesses within City of York Council are at this time not eligible. You can find information about support programmes available to York businesses here.

Find a list of business support programmes in York and North Yorkshire here.

For more information, please contact us by email support@ynygrowthhub.com