Employers

Are you investing in development for your key managers and staff?

Research has shown that Britain is behind many of its competitor nations when investing in staff development and training.

Investing in qualifications and training for your managers and staff is one of the most effective ways of increasing your competitiveness and profitability.

Employer Services at Solihull College is helping to develop and improve workforces across the UK with hundreds of employers from Birmigham, Coventry, Warwickshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton already taking advantage of the West Midland’s leading employee training provider.

Our Professional Qualifications

The Management and Professional team are a specialist group of trainers within the College who aim to deliver excellence in training tailored to employers' needs. We are one of the largest training providers in the UK and work with the leading professional awarding bodies for management, marketing, HRM and accountancy qualifications.

Our Course Portfolio

We offer a wide range of courses in all key business disciplines. The courses can be accessed in flexible patterns in College (for example, by day release, afternoon/evening, or evening attendance), or we can devise programmes specifically tailored to individual client's needs (such as block weeks in company or with residential stay in Solihull hotels).

If a full course is more than is needed just now, we can deliver modules from any of our accredited courses to create one-day or one-week sessions specifically tailored to individual client's needs.

So here's what we offer:

AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians)

The AAT Accounting qualification provides the relevant and practical skills to do a varied and wide range of accounting, finance jobs. The course is open to all levels of age, ability and experience.

CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)

The CIPD qualification is recognised as the leading authority and influence in this field. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) are for those involved in the management and development of people. The professional body courses aim to advance the management and development of people to the benefit of individuals, employers and the community.

CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing)

The CIM are the only body of professional marketing qualifications recognised by employers across the globe. The CIM (Chartered Institute of marketing) qualifications have been designed to deliver support to equip marketers with the knowledge and tools they need to excel and develop within the Marketing sector.

ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) Management Courses

The Institute of Leadership and Management is the UK's leading management organisation. The ILM qualifications combine innovative design with a strong focus on developing workplace performance and are designed to meet the needs of managers and their organisations.

ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) Coaching and Mentoring Courses

The ILM Certificates in Professional Coaching at Levels 3, 5 and 7 aim to equip practising managers and coaches with the knowledge, skills and confidence to perform effectively as coaches or mentors as part of their normal work role.

Innovation in management training

Our training style is interactive and demanding and all delegates are encouraged to contribute. Our trainers are lively and engaging and make full use of their own academic knowledge - all trainers hold the qualifications they teach.

They have extensive industrial experience and many of them still work in industry. We constantly seek out innovative and imaginative training methods and increasingly use a wide range of information technology learning tools. Busy professionals need support while they study and this is offered face to face and online.

This all adds up to a cutting-edge learning experience for candidates which we know delivers the right results for participants and their client organisations.