Some examples of the help and support given to clients who visit Business 2 Business:

Pradeep came to us some time ago looking for employment. She had been finding it difficult to find a job due to a lack of English. Over a period of time our Advisor helped her to build her confidence in speaking English and assisted with the production of a CV, helped her to complete application forms, gave her tips on interview techniques and helped her to find vacancies.

One of the direct referrals made was to Jacobs in Wigston, a company which takes a number of clients each year. Pradeep was successful in gaining employment and is gaining in confidence and skills.

Mr and Mrs Jansuclal came to us when they were struggling to find work. They had no National Insurance Numbers and were finding this a barrier with a number of employers. Both were highly qualified but were looking for work in any field in order to get established in the UK.

Our advisor assured them that most employers knew that NINo’s were generally work generated and gave them leads with a number of companies who would not see this as a barrier. She also told them that any employers who said that they could not take them without a NINo could contact us and we would explain the process.

Through our job leads they have know both obtained employment at Walkers Crisps and our advisors are know helping them to achieve their longer term aims of jobs in their specialised fields.

Sandeep was interested in starting her own business as a child minder and our advisor assisted her in accessing specialist advice and guidance from other agencies including Business Link and the Centre for Enterprise. Our advisor also helped her build the confidence that she required to approach banks etc. as well as offering help with completing forms. Jishan is now fully established and Business 2 Business continues to support her by promoting her business to any clients who require child minding.

Rakhi came to see us at our Loughborough Road office. She had worked previously in the financial services sector but had no UK work experience and was finding it very difficult to find a suitable post. She also had no transport and was finding this an additional barrier. Our advisor worked with her to highlight the positive aspects of her CV and work experience and encouraged her not to give up. Local businesses within her sector were targeted to overcome her transport issues. Within 3 months of our intervention Rakhi was appointed to the position of Personal Assistant with Capital Finance, a company based in the Belgrave area of the city and is now happy and making good progress.

Zainab came to see us at the St Matthews office after registering with us at our Jobs Fair at the St Saviours Neighbourhood Centre. At her follow up advisory session she was given considerable help with locating vacancies, making applications and producing a CV. She has now been accepted by Expedia and will be starting work shortly.

Employer Case Study

Business 2 Business were approached by a major retailer who had recently opened a new store in Leicester city centre. They were having difficulties in filling posts for the lead up to Christmas and were approximately 75 staff short and required some urgent assistance.

It was agreed that they would use B2B’s Malabar Road and Loughborough Road offices for interview the following Wednesday and that B2B would use it’s database to organise interviews for as many individuals as possible.

B2B staff worked over the weekend to call existing clients to interview and succeeded in organising approximately 120 individual and group interviews.

The day of the interviews ran smoothly and the employer was impressed with the quality of candidates put forward by B2B.

By the end of the day 55 B2B clients had been offered positions with the retailer and undertook induction training on the Friday and Saturday of that week, and started work in the store the following Monday.