Who to engage
To get your brokerage off the ground, you need to engage with:
- Senior staff at the employing organisation to get their buy-in, their commitment to supplying resources (eg staffing, office space, equipment etc) and their financial support.
- Recruitment partners to tap into their expertise of local recruitment and to get their commitment to supplying staff, resources and funding.
- Service Managers/Middle Managers to promote the benefits of the brokerage system to other staff.
- Training providers to source and set up pre-employment training where needed.
- Regeneration agencies to explore the opportunities available to positively impact on the regeneration of deprived areas.
- Funding bodies, such as Government offices, development agencies, local authorities, Strategic Health Authorities to discuss the financing of your operation.
- Local media to promote the brokerage to the public.