People, Skills & Recruitment Zone

Connecting Talent, Skills and Opportunity

The People, Skills & Recruitment Zone is a dedicated space within Connected Britain designed to bring together employers, training providers, industry leaders, recruiters, and future talent. Developed in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) , the Zone provides a practical environment where individuals can explore career opportunities, discover skills pathways, and access expert advice.

What’s Happening in the Zone?

🎙️ 2-Day Content Programme

A dedicated stage exploring the future of talent, inclusion, and career progression across the telecoms and digital connectivity sector, curated in partnership with ImpactMatch .

💼 Free 1-to-1 Employability Clinics

Personalised coaching sessions offering bespoke career advice, CV reviews, workforce strategy, and practical guidance from leading talent and recruitment specialists.

🤝 DWP Jobs Fair & 10m Jobs Board

Connecting live employers directly with qualified candidates, active jobseekers, and emerging talent via a dedicated 10-metre Jobs Board featuring vacancies and apprenticeships.

🚀 Expert-Led Skills Workshops

Interactive sessions focused on reskilling, leveraging emerging AI technologies, leadership strategies, executive interview techniques, and early-career pathways.

Curated in partnership with ImpactMatch , the People, Skills & Recruitment Stage features a comprehensive two-day programme exploring the future of talent, skills, and inclusion across the connectivity sector.

Key Session Highlights Include:

Balancing rapid tech innovation with human-centric values
Reskilling, second careers, and supporting the workforce of tomorrow
Leadership strategies for sustainable and ethical industry impact
The evolution of apprenticeships and fostering early-career talent

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1-to-1 Employability Clinics

Hosted in partnership with ImpactMatch , these complimentary 1-to-1 clinics offer bespoke guidance from talent and industry experts. Included within your event ticket — spaces are strictly limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

🤖 AI Opportunity Clinic

Learn how to harness artificial intelligence tools to advance your career, refine your recruitment workflows, and sharpen your technical employability.

Book AI Clinic

♿ The Disability Confidence Clinic

Dedicated 1-to-1 advisory sessions focused on inclusive recruitment, workplace adjustments, accessibility strategies, and disability confidence.

Book Confidence Clinic

🎯 The StartingPoint Clinic

Better applicants start with better insight

Request a 20-minute clinic to discover how StartingPoint helps employers look beyond qualifications. Explore candidate personal drivers, disciplines, and values to gain evidence-based insights into motivation and culture-add.

Note: Slots are strictly limited (drop-ins welcome subject to availability).

Request 20-Min StartingPoint Clinic

🏗️ ECITB Employability Clinic

Partnering to Build the Engineering Construction Workforce of the Future

15-minute strategy session with Joanne Thompson (Head of Partnerships, ECITB). Bring your primary workforce challenges or skills gaps to navigate ECITB funding frameworks, workforce development programmes, and co-investment opportunities.

For employers, contractors, infrastructure owners, and training providers.

Request 15-Min ECITB Clinic

Developed in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) , the Zone supports individuals at every stage of their career journey — from students and apprentices through to career changers, returners to work, and experienced professionals.

What Support and Opportunities are Available?

Employers with Live Vacancies: Engage directly with companies recruiting across telecoms, clean energy, data centres, and digital infrastructure.
Career Pathways: Explore apprenticeship, graduate, early-career, and reskilling pathways across fast-growing sectors.
10-Metre Dedicated Jobs Board: Showcase and explore live vacancies, apprenticeships, and training opportunities in one central location.
Employability & CV Support: Access expert career development sessions, CV reviews, interview prep, and job-search advice.

DWP Zone Exhibitors (A-Z)

Meet representatives and hiring teams from the following participating organisations:

3D Engineering Surveys Ltd
Balfour Beatty
Catch22
CGI
Cornerstone
Empower Employer Support
Energy and Utility Skills
Generating Genius
Laing O’Rourke
Morgan Sindall
Mott MacDonald

Murphy Group
National Grid
Bramford to Twinstead Network Optimisation Project Team
Great Grid Partnership
Hackney Waltham Cross Uprating Project Team
Omexom Taylor Woodrow
RiCS
STEM Returners
VGC Group
Vodafone

*Full list of exhibitors subject to change.

Recruiting or Promoting Opportunities?

Organisations are invited to showcase vacancies, apprenticeships, and graduate programmes on our 10-metre Jobs Board. Contact the DWP team:

📧 srt.recruiterofchoice@dwp.gov.uk | 📧 lee.rigby12@dwp.gov.uk

Apply via Free Ticket Programme

Thank You to Our Partners

Proudly delivered in partnership with leading workforce and skills champions.