employer support

The Joined Up for Business team can link you to the employability providers and partners that support job seekers and job changers across the city, enabling you to tap into a wider and more diverse candidate pool outwith the standard job boards. 

We advertise and share your vacancy across our platforms, projects, network, events and social media to maximise the reach of your opportunities.

We offer expert guidance on effective recruitment approaches ranging from job descriptions and vacancy placement to sifting, interview approaches and effective on-boarding. 

We can coordinate the response from the wide range of local employability partners to provide a single point of contact for a business; facilitating CV's/applications, interviews, recruitment open days and feedback to complement your approach.

We support employers to meet directly with prospective candidates through our job fairs and recruitment open days in the local community, providing effective engagement with prospective candidates and raising brand awareness. 

We deliver bespoke vocational training to support your recruitment and link you to a broad range of training and up-skilling available from our partners and providers. 

Retention is just as important as recruitment and we can provide guidance on organisational practices such as continuing professional development, flexible working and fair work approaches.

Free, comprehensive skills analysis of your business, including apprenticeship mapping to strengthen your current and future workforce development, alongside tailored training opportunities to support your business plans.  

We link you directly with all schools, college and universities in the city to support direct engagement with pupils, students and graduates and help bridge the transition from school and study to the world of work. 

Edinburgh has its own unique labour market, we help ensure that your opportunities are competitive and appeal to a broad local demographic. 

There are a number of funding incentives available to employers looking to recruit, we can help find the right one for you. 

There is a wide range of advice on offer including Growth, Retention, Redundancy, HR, Exports, Marketing and Digital to name a few

We host numerous business events across the city such as training, seminars, webinars, round tables and networking events.

We provide a Single Point of Contact' (SPOC) for Community Benefits targets from  implementation through to delivery for both main and sub contractors with projects in Edinburgh. We can help with skills planning, schools engagement, apprenticeships, site visits, work experience and placements. 

We support Community Wealth Building through connecting business to local organisations that support the local economy, businesses and citizens.