College And Job Centre Work In Partnership With New Travelodge To Fight Local Unemployment

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Lancaster and Morecambe College has been working in partnership with Morecambe JobCentre Plus and the new Travelodge in Morecambe to deliver a bespoke course for jobseekers interested in working in the hotel.

When staff members at Morecambe Learning Centre saw the new Travelodge Hotel going up right across the road from the centre they were inspired by the idea that this would be creating new jobs in the area. Working with Jobcentre Plus they took the initiative and created a bespoke course: Pathway to Working with Travelodge. Aimed at people who are currently unemployed or have recently been made redundant, this was a great initiative to start solving some of the unemployment issues in the area.

Josy Paine from Morecambe Jobcentre Plus said:

‘We worked in partnership with Lancaster & Morecambe College has been providing further education and training on the Morecambe Road site for over 50 years, meeting the needs of our local residential and business communities. and Travelodge by commissioning a bespoke pre-employment training event to help prepare applicants for this recruitment. We worked closely ...
... with the Travelodge Manager and ensured applicants gained the right skills and level of support to increase their chances of successfully securing work. By communicating effectively with Travelodge to understand their requirements we ensured a seamless recruitment service to the satisfaction of one of Morecambe's newest employers.'

With six vacancies to fill and 40 students from Lancaster & Morecambe College has been providing further education and training on the Morecambe Road site for over 50 years, meeting the needs of our local residential and business communities. on the course, the competition would be tough, but the students were well prepared having studied interview skills, customer service, dealing with complaints and the background to the Travelodge Company. After the two day course, student went straight into their interviews with great success, out of the six available posts five went to students from the course, with the remaining post going to an internal transfer!

Louise Thompson the course tutor added: ‘We are extremely proud of how well the students have done; they performed exceptionally at the interview and are settling in to their new roles very well'

Lancaster & Morecambe College has been providing further education and training on the Morecambe Road site for over 50 years, meeting the needs of our local residential and business communities. work with employers throughout the local area on a number of projects aimed at addressing issues of unemployment. If you are an employer looking for staff and want to save on recruitment and advertising costs then please contact Sue Keenan on 01524 521508 or s.keenan@lmc.ac.uk.