Yesterday was an amazing day……

Of course every Growing Talent event is. Especially the ‘Getting to Know You’ one.

Unemployed applicants get to know employers before the recruitment stage.

This time employers joining us, getting to know the applicants and empowering them to believe in themselves a little more included:

Gina & Mafalda from CIS Security Limited
David from hashtag#NGBailey
Tom from SPS UK&I

Adam Bushell and Debra Ward, MBA, FIWFM, FRICS dropped in too!

Unemployed people walked into the room, every degree of fear, excitement and laden down by the weight of the ‘labels’ they carry. All holding on to that seed that maybe this time will be their time.

So many walls of silence. So many hurdles to jump trying to secure a role when you are unemployed and confidence is low. Traditional recruitment can be EXHAUSTING! Not to mention suck any remaining confidence and motivation left.

And every time our four hour event is over, those same people walk out of the room, smiling, laughing, chatting with peers who were strangers just a few hours before. Hope back. Confidence rising. Back in the game.

That warm glow I always feel at these events started on seeing Michael again.

Michael joined Growing Talent back in 2016. Life and work had dented his confidence at the time. On completing the programme he joined the Welcome team at Portico based on Growing Talent‘s sponsor sites.

During the 10 years since, Michael has attended as many Growing Talent events as possible to encourage those following him.

He is the King of Encouragement.

Thank you for all you do Michael – you are a superstar!

Pictured with Michael is the dynamo of making things happen Anna from the JCP team and me!

Growing Talent
Portico
Rob Matthews (Anna)
hashtag#JobCentrePlus
CIS Security Limited
hashtag#NGBailey
SPS UK&I