JobsFest Employer Incentive

​​​​​​​​Hire locally-qualified jobseekers at no financial cost​

​The JobsFest Employer Incentive allows employers to h​ire locally-qualified jobseekers at no financial cost to work between Monday 3 October and Sunday 27 November 2016.

Employers can get involved at any time before 27 November. The incentive will:

• provide up to eight weeks' wages at minimum wage
• cover Social Security contributions
• give employers an eight-week opportunity to train and test the candidate
• include in-work support from a Back to Work mentor

Download JobsFest Employer Incentive guidelines (size 396kb)​​

As well as the JobsFest Employer Incentive, there are four weeks' of JobsFest events for jobseekers.

They take place between Tuesday 4 October a​​​nd Thursday 27 October and are all designed to help locally-qualified jobseekers get new skills and fresh inspiration.