A newly released toolkit – called Find Your Future In Food & Drink - provides a comprehensive resource for employers, educators, and jobseekers alike, showcasing the sector's diverse and rewarding career paths.

When recruiting staff, how you specify the level of skill or competence that you need applicants to have is important.
Here’s exactly the resource you need to guide you.

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When you’re recruiting, it is definitely worth spending a bit of time and effort in the planning to get the best selection of candidates. Here’s some resources to help you.

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Michelle Maddox of Clootie McToot explains why keeping an open mind on recruitment “risks” can pay dividends.

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Our businesses need motivated, well-trained and experienced people. But if they don’t exist, we can’t conjure them up.

Or can we? Dr Jonathan Wilkin from Abertay University has an interesting suggestion from his experience.

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When it came to taking a new approach to recruitment, farmer Bryce Cunningham looked south – specifically, all the way south to the Antarctic.

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Twenty-year-old Kyle is an apprentice maintenance engineer at Devro, based in Moodiesburn in north Lanarkshire.

He worked on an electrical panel upgrade that is saving the business £20,000 - one of the reasons he won Scotland’s Young Talent award.

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Looking to add some new skills and a fresh pair of eyes to your workforce? Be like Brakes and introduce a graduate role into your organisation.

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Aberdeenshire-based ingredient manufacturer Macphie is proving the success of Foundation Apprenticeships by providing young people with a practical, hands-on work placement at its factory in Glenbervie.

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Duncan Farms is a leading egg business in Aberdeenshire. Diversification gave them a recruitment challenge. Find out how they approached the challenge of finding the right people to grow their business.

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You may already employ apprentices, or be thinking about getting involved. Visit the apprenticeships.scot website to get an overview of what’s on offer.

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Skills Development Scotland works directly with employers across Scotland, providing trusted advice that helps employers invest in existing skills and develop new talent using equal and inclusive recruitment.

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Find Business Support is a filter-able guide to Scotland's public sector support. Discover your options for grants, funding, advice, help, events and more – all in a single location.

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The full 68-page recruitment and retention toolkit from the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership provides a comprehensive guide for employers.

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