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Benefits for employers

• Raises your company or business profile within the local community
• Creates management opportunities for you and your staff
• Helps to improve the quality and preparedness of young people entering the world of work
• Creates extra resource for ‘special’ projects
• Increases motivation of your employees involved in organisation and supervision of work experience
• Develops recruitment channels and raises the profile of career opportunities
• Attracts school leavers to fill local vacancies and help alleviate local skill shortages
• Helps to promote vocational qualifications

Benefits for students

• Widens their understanding of the world of work
• Helps to develop self-esteem, maturity and flexibility
• Improves their ability to communicate with others and to work as part of a team
• Helps students relate their learning to future employment
• Gives them an understanding of the skills and qualifications needed for work
• Enhances their general education which can be used to help with examination coursework
• Increases their knowledge of education, training and career opportunities
• Raises awareness of how work relates to other aspects of personal life
• Enables them to meet a variety of people