Welcome to Striding Out!

Future Jobs Fund

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:06:11 +0000

Striding Out is currently delivering the DWP Future Jobs Fund programme to help unemployed young people aged 18-25 secure new job opportunities within exciting careers that generate a social, environmental or cultural impact.

For Employers in London, Newcastle, Northumbria, Birmingham and Liverpool

The programme provides employers with a grant to cover the salary of recruiting a young person for a 6mth period working a min of 25hrs a week. If you are interested in recruiting one or more young people please email [email protected] for an application form.

For the Young Unemployed

The programme can provide an unemployed young person with a paid 6mth work placement and a 6 month one to one career coaching programme. Young people have to be aged aged 18-25 and unemployed for over 6mths. Check with your JCP Adviser to find out if your eligible for the Future Jobs Fund scheme.

We are currently running JCP recruitment events in London, Newcastle, Birmingham, Northumbria and Liverpool.

Cost Effective Recruitment

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:00:17 +0000

When you are trying to grow a business, you can often find yourself being pulled in many different directions. You need to be a sales person, a marketing person, bookkeeper/accountant, administrator, trouble shooter, an IT expert as well as a business director, and it can sometimes feel as though you don't have enough hours in the day, or enough knowledge in any one particular area to do it properly.

So lets look at how you could recruit and delegate to people in a cost effective way...

Managing Administration

Dealing with administration of tasks can take up a sufficient amount of time for an entrepreneur, so why not take on a young person as your apprentice to do it for you?

A significant number of young people are currently unemployed and would welcome the opportunity to work alongside an inspirational entrepreneur to help build the business as their assistant. *Funding is currently available to cover the first 6mths of a young person's salary for an employer (*conditions apply), to find out more email [email protected] or call 0845 452 4085

Specialist Skills

It is best to focus your energy and time on the skills in which you are strongest, and look to delegate other tasks to individuals with the specialist skill set. Investing in the right team will inevitably increase your efficiency and revenue, and flexible workers could be the cost effective solution for you.

Flexible working is a cost effective option to consider as it avoids the need to employ someone full-time. Flexible working encompasses part time workers, remote working, contract workers and even those who will work on a completely ad hoc basis. . A flexible worker often represents far more value for money than an average employee. They tend to be highly experienced and knowledgeable people who, for whatever reason, although usually due to caring for their family, cannot work in a ‘normal' 9-5 role. Investing in the right team will inevitably increase your efficiency and revenue.

If you are interested in finding a flexible worker check out http://www.flexibleskillsbank.co.uk/ . If you register with Flexible Skills bank before the end of the year, you will receive 50% off your first purchase on their website, when you quote the code STRIDING OUT until March 2010.

What you need to consider when recruiting people.

Whether you decide to employ someone or have them working as a self employed contractor, you have certain obligations to that person that you should fulfil, to endeavour to create a trouble free relationship.

Donna Obstfeld, of DOHR Ltd (http://www.dohr.co.uk/) explains that as an employer, there are a number of things which must be taken into consideration:

Practical Guide to Taking on Staff

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:39:37 +0000

Taking On staff? - what you need to know

by Victoria Brown

Before you take the plunge and recruit your first employee, you need to consider many things;

Salary (including Employer N.I contributions)
Cost of Insurance (Employer’s Liability Insurance)
You may be required to administer; statutory sick pay/maternity pay/paternity pay/student loan repayments/working families’ tax credits

Creating a Virtual Team

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:39:43 +0000

Running a business requires you to have a whole host of skills, whether it's administration, marketing, PR, logistics, finance, legal, HR, event management, IT etc. and it's impossible to do it all on your own. At this point you might say...'but I can't afford to employ someone', but there is an alternative way of looking at

Ten Steps for Implementing your HR Function

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:43:27 +0000

As an entrepreneur it is essential to surround yourself with articulate, enthusiastic staff who have the expertise and skills that you need to grow your business.