Essential Skills in Business
Higgins Partnerships
How can businesses build the essential skills of their future talent through work placements?
Work placement
Talent pipeline
Impact measurement
Higgins Partnerships are proud of our work experience programme that we developed together with the Skills Builder Partnership, along with the progress our candidates have made during their placements and the skills they have gained. As an industry, we must continue to work with organisations such as Skills Builder to showcase the diverse opportunities within the Construction Industry and empower and encourage young people to build essential skills that will shape their future careers.
Devia Barker, Senior Social Value Co‑ordinator at Higgins Partnerships
To provide interested candidates of all ages (18+) with the opportunity to gain insight into the construction industry, the roles available, and the skills required
To enable participants to understand what their strengths and areas for development are, and communicate these effectively
To make the essential skills more tangible for young people, by providing them with real-world examples of how these skills are applied in the workplace
Since 2022, 30 candidates have completed our work experience programme.
Three candidates gained employment opportunities on our projects following their work experience placement
In 2024, candidates made a marked improvement in their Speaking, Listening and Teamwork skills following the work experience placement (based on data from Skills Builder Benchmark: Speaking = +7.60%, Listening = +9.21% and Teamwork = +7.09%)
The Skills Builder Excellence Standards set clear guidelines for best practice across a business or team.
Business or teams who achieve these indicators work towards achieving an Excellence Mark accreditation.
The Outreach Excellence Standards are outlined below.
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