Inspiring the Black Country is an interactive careers event aimed to inspire and inform young people in the Black Country. The event will reflect the local labour market and showcase employers in the area.

The event will:

• Inspire young people to make informed decisions about their future subject selection and how subjects relate to the workplace and ‘real’ roles within business

• Provide an insight into the world of work, enabling young people to engage with local employers, training providers and colleges through industry related tasks, hands on interactive activities that simulate real roles. This could be in the form of props, games, quizzes, interactive displays and general ‘have a go’ activities

• Engaging young people in activities that will help them understand the skills and qualities needed for particular roles

• Inform young people and teachers of roles, technologies and local innovation they didn’t know about, discovering potential new interests. The Black Country is renown as a ‘process innovator’

• Enable employers to provide activities and show innovation that demystify certain sectors and roles

What are we looking for?

We are looking for employers to exhibit at the event, to provide engaging, hands-on activities that will inspire young people of the Black Country, giving them a real insight into the world of work locally, this is a ‘skills show’, not a traditional careers fair.

The event will give you the opportunity to:

• Access local young people who are keen to learn more about opportunities in their local area
• Be part of showcasing local industry to hundreds of young people in one event
• Network with like-minded businesses in the area
• Profile your organisation and its contribution to the local economy

All exhibitors will be required to provide an engagement activity

If you need help with your activity ideas, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us. In the meantime, have a think about:

• The messaging of your business / organisation
• A curriculum area that fits with the needs of the local labour market, demystifies certain sectors and roles
• The variety of job roles that exist within your business, and equipment and clothing needed to perform these roles
• The skills you seek from employees
• How your business recruits’ young people
• Interesting facts about your sector or business

All exhibitors will need to dial into an exhibitor briefing prior to the event, this will cover the objectives of the event, safeguarding and health & safety. The briefing will take no longer than 30 minutes. Dates for this will be advised.