Following our recent success at the South West Contact Centre Awards, Office Response have again been recognised for our work with young people by Jobcentre Plus. The Jobcentre Plus Awards showcase the achievements of companies, partnerships and individuals who’ve worked with Jobcentre Plus over the past year. At the South West region awards yesterday we picked up the Skills Development Award and came runners-up in the Youth Employment Award. Seeing as RBS, Royal Mail, Wilkinsons, Waitrose and Comet were also shortlisted we’re quite chuffed at this achievement.
Our Head of Contact Centre, Heather Dawes, and Recruitment Manager, Alan Bell, (the picture above shows him basking in glory) attended the awards and were encouraged to see lots of well known companies supporting people back into work.
Alan and Heather commented, “The contact centre industry thrives on young people. We have created an apprenticeship scheme to give 16-18 year olds the important skills needed to work in the contact centre environment. It’s good to share this success with the members of staff that have benefited most and we plan to continue developing our relationship with Jobcentre Plus in the future. ”
By Steve West
Marketing & Business Development Manager
