About the 5 Percent Club and its members

[edit] Members of the Electrical Contractors Association join the 5% Club

Several ECA Members have been recognised for their commitment to employee development by joining the 5% Club, an industry led initiative focussed on driving momentum into the recruitment of apprentices, graduates, T-Level students and sponsored students.

The ECA Members recently recognised by the initiative include:

• Balfour Beatty
• BGEN
• Dodd Group
• ESG
• Vinci

The 5% Club is a movement of more than 1,000 employers providing ‘earn and learn’ opportunities to develop the skills and talents people need to become more employable and create meaningful careers.

Companies joining The 5% Club commit to raising the number of apprentices, sponsored students and graduates on formal programmes to 5% of their total workforce within five years. Members are also asked to publicly report their progress in their Annual Report.

See which companies are members of The 5% Club, follow the link to see a random selection of members and search. The 5% Club offers two levels of membership, entry basic level, free at point of entry and enhanced Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze memberships, awarded on an annual basis via their Employer Audit programme.

[edit] About the 5% Club

"The 5% Club is a dynamic movement of employers committed to earn & learn as part of building and developing the workforce they need as part of a socially mobile, prosperous and cohesive nation. The Club exists to help its members and all employers increase further the number, quality and range of earn & learn opportunities across the UK." Indication is that the 5% Club was founded by Leo Quinn in 2013.

"By joining The 5% Club, members aspire to achieve 5% of their workforce in earn and learn positions (including apprentices, sponsored students and graduates on formalised training schemes) within five years of joining.

The organisation now represents more than 1,100 organisations across the UK, all committed to providing ‘earn and learn’ opportunities for their workforce. The members collectively employ more than 1.9 million employees, 81,000 apprentices, 18,000 people on graduate programmes and 9,000 sponsored students

[edit] Further information

For more information about the 5% Club visit https://www.5percentclub.org.uk/

This article appears on the ECA news and blogsite as "ECA Members join the 5% Club" with addition information from the 5% Club.

--ECA

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