Finding and keeping the right people remains one of the biggest challenges facing many businesses…
Whether you’re managing a hospitality venue, care service, logistics operation, manufacturing business or local service, workforce pressures can have a real impact on day-to-day operations. Vacancies can put additional strain on existing teams, while staff turnover often means spending valuable time and money recruiting and training replacements.
Recruitment pressures can quickly add up
For many employers, the challenge isn’t a lack of commitment to recruitment. It’s balancing recruitment pressures alongside the day-to-day demands of running a business. When time and resources are stretched, exploring new approaches or support options can easily fall down the priority list. Yet delaying action can often make workforce challenges harder to solve. Vacancies remain open for longer, pressure on existing staff increases, and valuable opportunities to strengthen workforce resilience can be missed.
How Connect to Work can help your business
Connect to Work in Greater Lincolnshire has been developed to help employers overcome these challenges through practical, locally delivered support. The programme supports employers across the county by helping them connect with people who are looking for work but may need additional support to move towards employment.
The team takes time to understand your business, the role you’re recruiting for and the skills and qualities you’re looking for, helping to match you with candidates who are well suited to your vacancy. It also provides guidance around inclusive recruitment, workforce retention and creating sustainable employment opportunities. Support doesn’t stop once someone starts work. Connect to Work continues to support both the employer and employee during the first few weeks and beyond, helping to build successful, long-term employment.
Practical support that fits around your business
Importantly, support is designed around the realities of running a business. There are no lengthy processes to navigate before making contact and no expectation that employers need to have a specific vacancy available to engage. Whether you’re actively recruiting, planning ahead or simply looking to understand what support is available, the programme offers a straightforward starting point.
Many businesses are experiencing similar recruitment and retention challenges. Connect to Work provides an opportunity to explore solutions, share experiences and access support that could help strengthen your workforce both now and in the future.
Sometimes the most effective next step is simply having a conversation! If your business is experiencing recruitment or retention challenges, now could be a good time to explore what support is available and how Connect to Work could help.
Find out more about Connect to Work for Employers here and speak to the team today: connecttowork@lincolnshire.gov.uk
