The Graduate Visa Route - An Update for Scottish Employers
2023-04-18 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
The UK Government opened the Graduate Visa route in summer 2021. This route gives certain employers another visa option to help access international talent. Join us to learn more about this route, how it could help you access international talent, and things employers can do to look to the future.
If you’re a Scotland-based small-to-midsized enterprise, TalentScotland can support your business in a number of ways.

Skilled worker route: How employers can sponsor international talent
2023-04-19 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-05-09 11:00 - 12:00
With most EU and non-EU citizens now subject to the UK immigration system, we invite you to join us as we discuss how the Skilled Worker route can help you to access overseas talent.
As a Scottish based SME, TalentScotland can support your business in a number of ways.

An update on Right to Work checks
2023-04-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-05-11 11:00 - 12:00
Covid-19 right to work measures are ending on 30 September 2022. In this webinar, TalentScotland will look at how employers in Scotland can continue to perform right to work checks after this date.
This webinar is presented by Brodies LLP, TalentScotland’s immigration specialists, and you’ll have the opportunity to have any questions you might have.

Latest updates on the low cost visa routes
2023-04-26 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-05-16 11:00 - 12:00
There are lots of low-cost visa routes under the UK’s points-based system.
Join TalentScotland for an update on affordable visa options, including the Graduate, High Potential Individual and Youth Mobility routes.

Scale-up visa route
2023-04-27 11:00 - 12:00
The government has recently introduced the Scale-Up visa route, which gives certain employers another visa option to help access international talent.
Join us to learn more about this new route and how it could help you access international talent.

HR – Recruiting, managing, and retaining staff
2023-04-28 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-05-31 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-06-29 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-27 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-31 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-09-27 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-10-30 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-11-29 13:00 - 15:00 and 1 more date
One of the scariest things you can do as a business is take on staff – from hiring, interviewing, payroll, pensions, contracts, remote working and more, it is a minefield for the business owner.
This webinar will allow you to have the key information in your possession to take on staff and manage your team.
Topics covered:

Recruiting, managing, and retaining staff
Attracting and recruiting the best and right people for our business
Our obligations as employers
Managing people to stay with us
Moving on
Dismissal
Restructure/Redundancy

We will also look at:

How in the current climate you can manage staff and teams in a remote environment, considering their productivity, efficiency, and the issues of home working
How you can best manage staff to ensure productivity is kept and mental health is supported
The impact of companies who may be considering restructuring and therefore redundancy for the first time and how that can be managed

Immigration update for the fishing sector
2023-05-10 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for an immigration update for the fishing sector – what do employers need to know?
Recent changes to the Immigration Rules clarify that seafarers working within a 12-mile radius of the UK shore (also known as UK territorial waters) are subject to immigration control. These changes clarify that most non-British and non-Irish citizens working on vessels within UK territorial waters must have permission to do so before beginning work.

Scale-Up Visa Routes: Latest Updates
2023-05-17 11:00 - 12:00

Feel the fear and do it anyway - Creating a leadership legacy
2023-05-17 12:00 - 13:00
In this interactive session, career and leadership experts Katy Morrison and Laurie Macpherson will support you to examine and design your own ideas around leadership.
You will explore:

The impact that you have as a leader currently
How to design the legacy you would like to create for the future
You will leave with practical takeaways and have a chance to ask questions.

Develop your Workforce Skills
2023-06-01 13:00 - 14:00
As we look to the future, now is the time to think about the development needs of your workforce.
Join us to find out how our fully funded Graduate Apprenticeship Programme can help you to develop the knowledge, skills, and experience of your workforce, whilst helping your business grow.
With fully funded courses available in Business Management, IT Management for Business, IT Software Development, Civil Engineering, and Engineering, Design and Manufacturing, a GA Programme can help you develop employees from across your business.
At the event, you will hear from both apprentices and employers who are currently utilising the Graduate Apprenticeship Programme, so you can find out about their experience first-hand and the benefits the programme can bring to your business.
You will also hear from Engagement Manager Wayne Paul, along with some of our lecturers, so you can find out everything you need to know about the Graduate Apprenticeship Programme, and how it can help you to develop your talent, boost your performance, and grow your business.
How does it work?
These fully funded Graduate Apprenticeship Programmes give you the opportunity to develop current or new members of your workforce (of all ages) to honours degree level at no additional cost to your business.
There are fully funded and easily accessible places available on five different courses:

Business Management
IT Management for Business
IT Software Development
Civil Engineering
Engineering, Design and Manufacturing

Graduate Apprentices spend one day a week studying at the University and the remaining four days of the week working in their role. At the end of four years they will receive the same level of degree as a student studying full time.

Providing Work Experience in Angus to Young People
2023-08-18 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-24 11:00 - 12:00
Are you an employer in Angus looking to offer work experience to young people in your local community but not sure what is involved or the next steps, well this event is for you!
DYW Tay Cities and the Angus Skills for Work Coordinator, David Millar, are partnering together to host two online information sessions on delivering work experience to young people in Angus. Employers are invited to attend either or of the sessions, the same content will be delivered in both of the sessions.
During the session David will talk though the pre-placement process, what needs to be in place for a young person in a successful placement and so much more. We also might be joined by a young person who is currently undertaking some work experience with Angus Council.
Offering work experience placements to young people has many benefits not only to those individuals undertaking the work experience but also to your business. Benefits to your business include:
1. Developing the skills of your staff
2. Engaging with your local community
3. Raising your profile
4. Promoting opportunities in your industry or profession
5. Enjoying the energy and perspective of young people
6. Identifying potential future employees

Managing People - Sustaining Employee Engagement
2023-09-13 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-11-16 16:00 - 18:00
Participants will learn how to create and maintain a happy, productive and engaged workforce.
As finding and employing new, valuable staff can be difficult, this session aims to help members of management and business owners review their current practices and implement new ones.
Doing so with hope of achieving employee engagement, satisfaction, loyalty and longevity, reducing employee turnover and the need for continuous recruiting.

Right to Work: Employer Compliance
2023-11-15 09:30 - 10:30
The UK Government has announced that the fines for employing illegal workers will increase from £15,000 to £45,000 per individual found to be working without lawful immigration status.
Fines can be issued in a number of different situations including:

Where an individual entered the UK illegally and never had a right to work
Where an individual has a restricted right to work and is working in breach of these restrictions
Where an individual previously had a right to work, but no longer holds this status
With the changes to Right to Work caused by Brexit, and the constant merry-go-round of changes to the Right to Work Rules, it can be very difficult for HR Managers and business owners to stay on top of this issue.

This Thorntons Law webinar will cover key points employers need to consider when reviewing their policies to prepare for the upcoming changes from an immigration and data protection perspective.

Retaining Great People-Strategies for Success
2023-11-15 09:30 - 11:00
Retaining the right people is one of the greatest challenges facing businesses. In this 90-minute masterclass, we’ll explore the most effective ways to retain the great people that you work hard to recruit. We’ll share emerging best practice from across public and private sectors, help participants to reflect on areas they would like to enhance in the retention of talent.
The masterclass will explore these key areas:

Why do people leave?
Salary and developing a competitive benefits package (financial and non-financial).
Innovative ideas and retention techniques to set yourself apart from competitors.
The importance of the people manager.
Creating a culture of belonging and how this impacts all of the above.

After which you’ll have the change to attend an interactive workshop where these themes will be explored further, and you’ll get a chance to discuss your specific business challenges with the masterclass hosts.

How to build a culture of inclusion
2023-12-06 12:00 - 13:30
1 billion people worldwide live with a disability and businesses must create inclusive spaces for those living with disabilities and long-term health conditions (many of which are invisible).
Disability Inclusion Consultant, Luis Canto E Castro, outlines how businesses can make their workplaces inclusive for all staff. He’ll also highlight ways they can improve how they engage with disabled clients/customers.
Through his lived experiences (being born with a neuromuscular disability requiring 24×7 care) and sharing personal experiences of exclusion and inclusion, he will cover topics like the Intersectionality of disability, allyship and provide tangible actions that can be taken towards including those who are often excluded.
This approach will also highlight that the principles and insights shared can be applied to all protected characteristics, including hidden disabilities.
Luis Canto E Castro is a Diversity & Inclusion Consultant at Mildon, a consultancy and advisory business. Luis works with businesses to devise diversity and inclusion strategies, re-engineer processes and systems to minimise the impact of bias and build a culture of inclusion.

The conscious communicator: utilising the foundations of motivational intelligence to build people and relationships
2024-01-23 13:00 - 14:00
Motivational Intelligence (MQ) plays a crucial role in shaping our resilience and drive to succeed and find happiness, regardless of our circumstances.
It involves nurturing an attitude that embraces trust, gratitude, grit, service, kindness, and the strength to act and communicate with integrity.
Individuals possessing high MQ are sources of hope, inspiring excellence in others. When charged with inspiration, communication has the power to reignite the sense of self-worth in those who have forgotten their intrinsic value and worth.
Come along and hear insights on how you can bring this to life in your work and life.

Fair Work Workshop
2024-01-24 09:30 - 12:30
Fair Work is an investment in everyone, for everyone. It can improve productivity, innovation, organisational reputation and recruitment. It can also reduce staff turnover and help create inclusive workplaces with a richness of talent and a diversity of ideas.
For staff, Fair Work can increase financial security, physical health and psychological wellbeing. For businesses, it brings more engaged, committed and adaptable workers who spot challenges and opportunities, solve problems, offer insight and ideas for business improvement, and create value.
What’s the event about?
This is a fully funded programme which will help participating companies to:

Understand the benefits of fair work (for both the business and its staff)
Develop an action plan to embed or improve current people practices
Prioritise and take next steps to implementing an action plan

The type of projects and actions that could result from a fair work action plan include:

Improving people and fair work practices
Skills, leadership and management development
Creating a positive culture and values-based approach
Improving employee engagement and supporting performance management practices
