It’s time to meet the next generation of talent
70 per cent of internships are unpaid, with half of unpaid internships lasting over four weeks.
Young people from less privileged backgrounds are twice as likely to become NEET (not in employment, education or training) as their more privileged peers.
Those who grew up in poverty do worse in exams, are less likely to go to university, or achieve social mobility in any form.
Make your next entry-level hires with GoodWork.
Our flagship programme combines training, support and paid work placements for young people aged 18-25. We source, assess and train candidates in key transferable skills to ensure they’re ready to take on entry-level opportunities across a range of sectors.
We partner with organisations of any size, who interview and hire directly from our programme into internships, apprenticeships or permanent posts. We provide wraparound support, including training for your team, ongoing training and mentoring for young people and volunteering opportunities so that your people can get involved in delivering social impact.
What’s different about GoodWork?
We work with young people who have left education and are struggling to navigate the jobs market alone. None of our candidates are students, most aren’t graduates, but all are talented. They’re often underemployed, meaning they don’t qualify for much support. That’s where we come in.
We run assessment centres designed to identify potential and engagement above all else. We then train them to be ready for interview with you and support them throughout their placement. All our candidates come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and many face additional barriers to work, such as institutional bias, a lack of inclusive opportunities for those from minority ethnic communities or accessibility for those with disabilities.
How does it work?
Once you’ve agreed to work with GoodWork, you’ll provide a job description for the role(s) you’d like to hire for via our next programme - launching in June 2024. We work with our network of local authorities, youth organisations and within our growing community of young people to source candidates for the programme with a broad range of ambitions and interests. We run our assessments to identify those with the potential to do well in your roles, then onboard them to our programme.
Participants undertake training with us over three weeks, covering work readiness, career navigation and essential transferable skills. We put forward candidates for you to interview, and they then start in their new role with you as soon as possible after you’ve made an offer. For our next cohort, roles will ideally start in July or August 2024. We continue to provide mentoring, additional training days and one-to-one support throughout their placements. We also continue to work with those who don’t secure a placement in the first round - because our commitment to the young people we work with doesn’t end until we’ve helped them transition to the right opportunity for them.
Does it work?
Yes. Over 80% of candidates we’ve placed have gone on to permanent roles with their host organisations. Here’s a case study with one of them, a year on from making their first GoodWork hire.
How do we find out more?
Set up a call with our team now, or drop us an email via hello@goodwork.org.uk with any questions.
Love the sound of how we work, but not sure if the programme is the right fit for you?
We work with partners in a range of ways, including delivering bespoke programmes for organisations, delivering training on social mobility and inclusive hiring, delivering training to new early career hires and providing advisory support on early careers programmes. Drop us a note with more information on what you’re looking for, or download our full partnerships deck here.
From some of our current partners.
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”GoodWork offers a unique and brilliant opportunity for businesses to widen their recruitment strategy and make the most of the diversity of talent through inclusivity, while doing the hard yards of talent identification and training for you. The whole process has been easy from start to finish, the GoodWork training and support programme meaning that interns are prepared from day one."
Chris, Chief Operating Officer at MMCG Consulting
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"GoodWork have provided a solid foundation of careers advice and self-confidence tools for their young people to apply in the workplace, which our trainee references regularly. They have continued supporting our intern through his first few months with regular check-ins, encouragement and offering wider support such as coaching. Their communication and referral process has been thorough and reliable."
Cathy, Operations Manager at Bootstrap Charity
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"The work done by GoodWork enables organisations like ours to build a more inclusive entry pool, providing opportunities for young people who may not have had them otherwise. We are learning how to run an effective internship programme, ensuring we are providing the right type and level of support to our intern with the help of GoodWork.”
Fiyin, Consultant at Daintta
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"Throughout the process the team have been super supportive helping us to source, recruit and onboard our intern, whilst helping them successfully prepare for a full time role with us. What's impressed me the most about GoodWork is their ability to match us with an intern who ticks all the boxes when it comes to their passion for what we do, personal drive and enthusiasm.”
Jaimie, Head of People at Newsflare