Employer support programmes

Apprenticeships help employers provide work-based training and qualifications to employees aged 16 and over

Promote and advertise your apprenticeship and school work experience opportunities through Connect to Success, DfE's online system

Employer incentive scheme to help young people aged 16–24 at risk of long term unemployment to get into the job market

How employers can get started with a traineeship

Helping Northern Ireland employers provide higher education qualifications to improve employees' skills

Helping employers in Northern Ireland provide work experience for school leavers aged 16/17 years (and up to age 22 and 24 for those with extended eligibility)

The Work Experience Programme gives employers the opportunity to offer unemployed people meaningful work experience

The Assured Skills programme offers you the chance to recruit high quality graduates who are 'job ready'

Bridge to Employment is a pre-employment training programme that helps companies recruit unemployed people whatever their experience of work

Essential Skills is a training programme which assists employees aged 16 and over in the development of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills

Sources of leadership and management training in Northern Ireland

How further education (FE) courses can develop your employees' professional skills and bring measurable benefits to your business