As part of its partnership with President Kennedy Community School and College, employees from Fusion have run a series of career workshops for pupils. Over 100 students attended the hour long sessions, which offered advice on topics such as finding an ideal career, CV writing and interview techniques.

The Coventry-based contact centre business has been working with the Holbrook school for the last few months as part of is commitment to supporting the local community. The three year partnership will see the company support the school in a number of ways - from providing reading support and business skills guidance, to volunteering to help create an African concept garden.

Peter Thomas, Head Teacher at President Kennedy Community School and College, commented: "Students have a number of options open to them on completion of their GCSEs and having links with the local business world really is invaluable in helping them to assess all of their choices.

"For many of the pupils, this was their first chance to understand what is required of them from the interview and employment process and hearing this from a business first hand has opened their eyes to the challenges they face when entering the world of work. We are working very closely with the Fusion team and following the success of the workshops, we are now planning more throughout the year."

Andy Talbot, Site Manager at Fusion, added: "We were keen to relate some of our advice to areas that the students would be familiar with. For example, we used training for a football match as an everyday scenario when discussing how much effort needs to be put in when looking for employment. The person who gets the job is the person who puts in the most effort, just like when you get selected for a football squad. The CV writing skills were particularly well received, with many of the students keen to get started on building their own CV using the techniques discussed."