Busy Bees owns and manages over 40 facilities nationally and employs more than 1,000 staff. We have formulated a human resource strategy and one of its aims is to increase awareness and raise the profile of childcare as a career.
During a recent project team meeting I was surprised to discover from some of our managers that childcare students have told them they have been actively discouraged from seeking employment in private day nurseries.
At a recent Jobs Fair we were disappointed not to see any students at the event despite sending details about it to local colleges. This tends to indicate that there may be a bias against private day nurseries and it would be interesting to hear from students whether this is the case.
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