WTW

Theme: Apprenticeships

Topics: Women focus

With a focus on recruiting and developing entry-level advisers to enhance business growth and provide a diverse talent pool, this global risk management, insurance and advisory organisation has continued to develop its Level 4 Insurance Professional Apprenticeship programme, increasing underrepresented talent and managing retention levels. Numbers of female staff have increased from 30% in 2017 to 50% in 2022, mature apprentices from 20% to 49% and ethnic diversity has increased from 1% to 33%. New apprentice retention is also above the market average at 80%.

Themes: Onboarding

Topics: Work experience, interns and graduates

WTW developed a new experiential, paid intern programme to attract graduates and reinforce its position as an employer of choice. The success of the initiative has led to the target for the acceptance of permanent job offers being exceeded by 11%, an average retention of 87% surpassing expectations and £250k per annum savings in recruitment costs.

Themes: Apprenticeships

This global risk management and insurance brokerage introduced a Level 4 Insurance Professional apprenticeship programme to recruit and develop its entry-level advisers. The business has tailored the standard programme to include bespoke competency profiles and the training forms part of the wider organisational strategy to increase the pipeline for under-represented talent.