Employer relations
We have been working with employers from the music industry, creative media sector, and all kinds of other businesses and organisations for over twenty years. Our joint activities include ...
- visiting industry professionals/employers presentations and workshops
- work placements
- apprenticeships
90% of our students have attended work placements whilst on their training programmes and many have found permanent jobs with their employers.
We are currently actively recruiting employers for our Digital Media Apprentcieship and Creative Apprenticeship programmes.
Advantages for employers
Working in partnership has advantages for us, the employer and our students. Here are some of the things that our employers have told us about their experiences ...
- Satisfaction from passing on first hand industry and employment knowledge during student employment workshops
- The feeling that they are making a positive contribution to the local community
- The opportunity to try out a potentially promising employee before committing to a contract of employment
- Pride in giving a student a foot up in their career
- Having fresh and young ideas about their business
- Having a web site built for free for their business!
- Being able to try out new ideas that no-one had the time for before
- Having excellent support from a training organisation a help their business achieve objectives with their work placement employee/student
Read more about taking on a digital media apprentice here
Read more about taking on a creative apprentice here
Read more about taking on a Work Placement student here
Advantages for students
Here are some of the things that our students tell us ...
- A chance to put talents and abilities into practice
- Pride and confidence in a job well done
- Networking and contacts
- Knowledge of industry work practices
- Structure and practice in their daily routines helping them gain practical experience of the discipline of the work environment
- Valuable work experience for their CV's
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Contact us
Business & partnership coordinator
Our work business liaison officer is Adrian Stone. Please contact him on ... adrianstone@imthurricane.org
Employment liaison
Our employment liaison officer is Pat-c Brown. Please contact her on ... workwithus@imthurricane.org
Job search & recruitment
Dan Maitland. Please contact him on ... danielmaitland@imthurricane.org
Digital apprenticeship enquries
Please email da@imthurricane.org or call 020 8691 1900 between 11am and 5.30pm Mon-Fri