Step2Skills are busily preparing for their next Inclusive Job Fair, in Bishop’s Stortford on Thursday 15th May.

Employers exhibiting at the event include Glaxo Smith Kline, Allinson’s, Teach in Herts, CCH, Realise and the NHS.

If you're not having any luck with your job search, come along and meet LOCAL employers looking for local talent!

• Find out about local job opportunities and the skills that Hertfordshire employers are looking for

• Chat with the Step2Skills Employment support team

• BSL (British Sign Language) Interpreter available all day

• Aimed at Hertfordshire residents, aged 18 and over, with barriers and challenges to employment

Book your free tickets: Bishop's Stortford Inclusive Job Fair | Hertfordshire County Council 

Step2Skills continues to recruit for our brand-new Skills Bootcamps! 

With a big workforce expansion required to keep up with demand, Step2Skills are offering a Skills Bootcamp to help prepare you to work in the Early Years and Education sector. 

At the end of our 16-week bootcamp, learners will be equipped with a Level 2 certificate in childcare, an Emergency Paediatric First Aid Certificate and a DBS check. They will be fully prepared to take their first step into an Early Years job role, or ready to progress to a Level 3 apprenticeship course.  

Examples of who could benefit from our Skills Bootcamps; 

• Jo is working as a childminder and always has more requests for places which she, alone, cannot accommodate. Jo would really like to employ Simrit as an assistant, but the cost of training Simrit up is a barrier.  

Instead Simrit could attend the Step2Skills Skills Bootcamp, meaning that she’s got all the necessary qualifications to support Jo in her childminding business. Her new qualifications mean that she can be counted in the adult-to-child ratios, allowing Jo to expand the number of children she can care for.  

• Sam has recently returned to work after a break to raise her children. She is working in the school kitchen, as this work fits well around her childcare responsibilities. However, this job has made her realise that she enjoys working with young children and would like to work in the school’s nursery.  

Sam could attend the Step2Skills Skills Bootcamp to give her the qualification she needs to apply for a job in the school nursery.  

• Robert has been volunteering in his son’s nursery for one day a week this year and has really enjoyed the challenge and variety of the work. The nursery is keen to take Robert on in a more permanent role when his son starts school in September, so they plan to send him on the Step2Skills Skills Bootcamp to gain the necessary qualifications. Robert already knows the nursery set up and the staff, so he feels confident that this is the best way to develop his new career.  

Skills Bootcamps are FREE to the learners and are a great way for employers to grow their own workforce. Skills Bootcamps require commitment and dedication, but they are a fast and efficient way to kickstart your career in a sector that needs YOU!  

Visit www.step2skills.org.uk/SkillsBootcamps to register your interest today!