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Recruiting for your business

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Recruiting for your business

There are many benefits from recruiting locally. These include: 

  • more insight into your local community and customers 

  • people are less likely to be absent without reason 

  • more people staying in the job 

We offer a range of free services to help Camden businesses recruit staff locally. 

Good Work Camden 

Good Work Camden provides support to help Camden residents into employment. We work with employers to make sure that local opportunities are available for local people.    

We provide the opportunity for you to develop your career on your doorstep.    

Good work Camden brings local opportunities and local people together. We make sure that everyone has the chance to experience the benefits of economic growth. 

Register with Good Work Camden to start tapping into local talent. 

LIFT (Leading Inclusive Features through Technology) 

LIFT helps businesses to recruit skilled and diverse local talent. They do this through: 

  • a dedicated account manager giving end-to-end support  

  • experts in the sector 

  • tailored support to grow your own talent through apprenticeships, internships and work experience 

  • recruitment to these opportunities  

  • networks across 4 London boroughs 

Camden Young Talent Guarantee 

We’re committed to supporting 500 Camden young people into opportunities every year. Make the most of the talent on your doorstep. Join with us in creating equal access to economic opportunity for 16 to 24-year-olds. You can do this by offering a work placement, apprenticeship or job.  

Find out more about Young Talent Guarantee 

Use the free recruitment support services listed on this page to source and develop local staff. 

Apprenticeships 

Apprenticeships are work-based training programmes designed around the needs of employers.  

They can lead to qualifications and provide the skilled workers you need for the future.  

Camden Apprenticeships offers free support to employers in and around Camden. We can help to set up apprenticeship schemes. Helping to recruit the best Camden people for your business.  

We have already placed over 500 apprentices into work with local employers. We also have strong candidates ready for apprenticeships in all different industries. 

More information on Camden apprenticeships. 

Offering work experience 

Providing work experience is a great opportunity for businesses to bring fresh ideas into the organisation. It helps to build stronger links with their local community. Placements also offer a chance for staff to gain supervising and mentoring experience.  

Camden can provide free support to help you to find a suitable local school to work with. We are also available to answer any questions or concerns you have before you take on a work experience student.  

Contact our Schools Brokerage Manager on [email protected] for more information. 

Jobcentre Plus 

Jobcentre Plus offers recruitment support and advice to employers. This includes help with:  

  • pre-employment training specific to the job   

  • ways to help people work in your business e.g. by offering flexible working patterns  

  • reviewing your recruitment processes to make sure they don’t exclude anyone unnecessarily. Find more information at GOV.UK