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COMING SOON: The Employer Engagement Handbook

COMING SOON: The Employer Engagement Handbook

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Please note: Orders containing The Employer Engagement Handbook will not be shipped until publication on the 30th of October 2026.

Empower your school or college. Engage your employers. Transform student futures. 

This is the essential guide for careers leaders and educators who want to embed impactful, sustainable, and collaborative employer engagement within their schools or colleges. Aligned to Gatsby Benchmarks 5 and 6, this book provides practical, evidence-based strategies to strengthen employer partnerships and make every encounter count. 

Inside, you’ll discover how to: 

  • Develop a clear, whole-school or college employer engagement strategy
  • Harness your region’s unique economic and skills landscape
  • Understand employer motivations and overcome engagement barriers
  • Build networks, partnerships, and alumni connections that last
  • Deliver inclusive, high-impact encounters within real-world constraints
  • Measure, evaluate, and sustain long-term success. 

Packed with case studies, ready-to-use tools, and expert insights, this handbook equips careers leaders with everything needed to create meaningful employer encounters that truly prepare students for the world of work. 

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Published: 30 October 2026

Edition: 1st

Length: 160 pages

Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 cm

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Table of Contents

Introduction - How did we get here? 

Part 1 – Employer Engagement Strategy 

Chapter 1 – Formulating a strategy 

Chapter 2 – Global and National Context 

Chapter 3 – Regional Context 

Chapter 4 – Understanding employers in your region  

Chapter 5 – Employer challenges and motivations 

Part 2 – Tools and Methods of Engagement 

Chapter 6 – Building contacts and relationships 

Chapter 7 – Partnerships 

Chapter 8 – Co-designing with employers 

Chapter 9 – Events and Activities 

Chapter 10 – Inclusion – under-represented groups 

Chapter 11 – Measuring and evaluating impact 

Part 3 - Summary and Conclusions 

Chapter 12 – Skills for the modern careers leader 

Meet the Author: Tariq Sadiq

Tariq Sadiq is the Careers, Employability, and Skills Lead at Long Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge and is an appointed member of the Board of Directors of the Career Development Institute.  

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